R304, Astronomy-Mathematics Building, NTU
Speaker(s):
Kazuo Aoki (Kyoto University & National Cheng Kung University)
Tai-Ping Liu (Academia Sinica)
Organizer(s):
Kung-Chien Wu (National Cheng Kung University & NCTS)
Abstract:
(1) Kinetic theory and fluid dynamics:
(a) Instructor: Kazuo Aoki
(b) Course Outline: brief introduction to kinetic theory of gases, Chapman-Enskog and Hilbert expansions, Sone's generalized slip flow theory (linear theory, weakly nonlinear theory, fully nonlinear theory), ghost effect.
(c) Prerequisite Course(s): Linear algebra and multi-variables calculus.
(d) Grading: Homework will be assigned weekly, and no exam.
(e) Textbook: None. [Reference: Y. Sone, Kinetic Theory and Fluid Dynamics (Birkhauser, 2002); Molecular Gas Dynamics: Theory, Techniques, and Applications (Birkhauser, 2007)]
(2) Introduction to Shock Wave Theory
(a) Instructor: Tai-Ping Liu
(b) Course Outline: weak solutions, entropy conditions, Riemann problem, well-poseness theory, nonlinear waves, non-linear resonance.
(c) Prerequisite Course(s): Linear algebra and multi-variables calculus.
(d) Grading: Homework will be assigned weekly, and no exam.
(e) Textbook: None.
Contact:
Murphy Yu, murphyyu@ncts.ntu.edu.tw, 02-3366-8814
