Penn State University: 1988-89 Session
Time: 4:30 p.m. Room: 117 McAllister
FALL SEMESTER 1988
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past_seminars/cam_colloquium/fall88.dvi(DVI) — 19 talks.
| Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Sep 88 | T.B. Benjamin | Depts of Math., PSU & Oxford Univ. | "Hydrodynamic bifurcation phenomena’ (Departmental Colloquium: To be held at 4:00 p.m. in 102 McAllister) |
| Fri 2 Sep 88 | J. Cusumano | Eng. Science & Mechanics, PSU | Instabilities, nonlinear modes and low-dimensional chaos in the dynamics of elastic rods |
| Fri 9 Sep 88 | F. Abergel | Dept. of Mathematics, PSU | A mathematical theory for free-surface flows on unbounded do- mains |
| Fri 16 Sep 88 | D. Arnold | Dept. of Mathematics, Maryland University | The Reissner-Mindlin plate model |
| Fri 16 Sep 88 | M.-C. Calderer | Dept. of Math., George Mason Univ. | The asymptotic shapes of largely deformed, non-linearly elastic rods and shells |
| Fri 23 Sep 88 | T. B. Benjamin | Depts of Math., PSU & Oxford Univ. | Vortex breakdown |
| Fri 30 Sep 88 | A. Politi | Dept. of Mathematics, Drexel University & University of Florence | Scaling laws in strange attractors |
| Fri 7 Oct 88 | L.R. Scott | Dept. of Mathematics, PSU | Numerical techniques for incompressible fluid flow |
| Fri 14 Oct 88 | R. Pego | Dept. of Mathematics, Univ. of Michigan | Metastable patterns for the equation “ut = #2 uxx - f (u)”. |
| Fri 21 & Sat 22 Oct 88 | The Finite-Element Circus | — | — |
| Fri 28 Oct 88 | J. Maynard | Department of Physics, PSU | Tuning up a quasi crystal |
| Fri 4 Nov 88 | R. Sachs | Department of Mathematics, PSU | Solitary waves in stratified fluids |
| Fri 11 Nov 88 | P. Carpenter | Depts. of Engineering, PSU & Exeter University | The effects of wall flexibility on hydrodynamic stability |
| Fri 18 Nov 88 | T.J. Pedley | Dept. of Bioengineering, Georgia Tech., & D.A.M.T.P. Cambridge | "Flow in collapsible tubes’ * * Joint seminar with the Department of Chemical Engineering. |
| Tue 29 Nov 88 | A. Fokas | Dept. of Mathematics, Clarkson University | Recent developments in Soliton Theory |
| Thu 1 Dec 88 | C. Johnson | Dept. of Math., Chalmers Univ. of Tech. | Streamline-diffusion finite element methods for conservation laws |
| Fri 2 Dec 88 | T. Beale | Dept. of Mathematics, Duke University | Some mathematical issues in nonlinear wave theory |
| Wed 7 Dec 88 | J.-C. Saut | Lab d’Analyse Num’erique, Universit’e de Paris-Sud | The Cauchy problem for the Davey-Stewartson Equation |
| Fri 9 Dec 88 | W. Hrusa | Dept. of Mathematics, Carnegie Mellon Univ. | Smooth solutions in one-dimensional thermoelasticity |