EVENT DETAILS AND ABSTRACT


PDE Seminar

Title: Numerical methods for equations of fluid mechanics
Speaker: Professor Christian Klingenberg
Speaker Info: University of Wuerzburg (Germany)
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Special Note:
Abstract:

We present a relaxation system for the Euler equations and ideal MHD, from which one may derive approximate Riemann solvers. The solvers satisfy a discrete entropy inequality, and preserve positivity of density and pressure under a subcharacteristic condition.
Date: Thursday, March 30, 2006
Time: 3:00pm
Where: Lunt 105
Contact Person: Prof. Gui-Qiang Chen
Contact email: gqchen@math.northwestern.edu
Contact Phone: 847-491-5553
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