2008-09 IAM-PIMS-MITACS Distinguished Colloquium Series - 04

  • Date: 03/02/2009
Lecturer(s):
Edgar Knobloch (UC Berkeley)
Location: 

University of British Columbia

Topic: 

Spatially Localized Structures

Description: 

Spatially localized structures occur widely across the physical
sciences. Classic examples include localized buckling of slender
structures, localized oscillations in vertically vibrated granular
media (oscillons) and localized convection in fluid dynamics
(convectons). In this talk I will describe the basic mathematics – and
the physics – behind the formation of these often unexpected
structures, with a view to providing a unified picture of their origin
and properties.

Schedule: 

3:00-4:00pm, Room 301, Leonard S. Klinck Building (6356 Agricultural Road, UBC).

Refreshments are served in room 306 (IAM Lounge) at about 15 minutes before the talks.

Sponsor: 

pims

mitacs