Archive of posts filed under the Modelling of materials – theory, model reduction and efficient numerical methods category.

Viscoelastic transitions exhibited by modified and unmodified bitumen

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Dear colleagues, We would like to invite you to a lecture titled “Viscoelastic Transitions Exhibited by Modified and Unmodified Bitumen” by Murali Krishnan from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. The lecture will take place on Tuesday, July 24 at 10:00 in K4. Abstract: The working temperature of a bituminous pavement can typically range from …

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On a variational model for thick fluids: talk by José Francisco Rodrigues

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The seminar will take place on Friday, June 22, 2018 at 10:00 am in K6. José Francisco Rodrigues will give a lecture “On a variational model for thick fluids”. Abstract: In chemical engineering models, shear-thickening or dilatant fluids converge in the limit case to a class of incompressible fluids with a maximum admissible shear rate, …

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Combinatorial scientific computing and its problems: talk by Miroslav Tůma

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The seminar will take place on Monday, May 14, 2018 at 9:00 am in K4. Miroslav Tůma will conclude his lecture on “Combinatorial scientific computing and its problems”. Abstract: In this talk we would like to point out some relations between continuous modelling of problems in sciences and engineering and underlying discrete algorithms. Without going …

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Hydrodynamic processes during formation of planetary systems Part III: talk by RNDr. Ondrej Chrenko

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The seminar will take place on Monday, April 30, 2018 at 9:00 am in K4. Ondrej Chrenko will conclude his lecture on “Hydrodynamic processes during formation of planetary systems”. Abstract: Planets form in protoplanetary disks which are rotating structures of gas and dust surrounding young stars. Before a protoplanetary disk disperses, the mass of gas …

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Hydrodynamic processes during formation of planetary systems Part II: talk by RNDr. Ondrej Chrenko, Ph.D.

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The seminar will take place on Monday, April 16, 2018 at 9:00 am in K4. Ondrej Chrenko will continue with a second lecture on “Hydrodynamic processes during formation of planetary systems”. Abstract: Planets form in protoplanetary disks which are rotating structures of gas and dust surrounding young stars. Before a protoplanetary disk disperses, the mass …

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Hydrodynamic processes during formation of planetary systems: talk by RNDr. Ondrej Chrenko, Ph.D.

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The seminar will take place on Monday, April 9, 2018 at 9:00 am in K4. Ondrej Chrenko will give a lecture “Hydrodynamic processes during formation of planetary systems”. Abstract: Planets form in protoplanetary disks which are rotating structures of gas and dust surrounding young stars. Before a protoplanetary disk disperses, the mass of gas dominates …

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Up to the boundary Lipschitz regularity for variational problems: talk by Erika Maringová

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The seminar will take place on Monday, March 19, 2018 at 9:00 am in K4. Erika Maringová will give a lecture “Up to the boundary Lipschitz regularity for variational problems”. Abstract: We prove the existence of a regular solution to a wide class of convex, variational integrals. Via technique of construction of the barriers we …

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On three-dimensional flows of internal pore pressure activated Bingham fluids: talk by Tomáš Los

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The seminar will take place on Monday, March 5, 2018 at 9:00 am in K4. Tomáš Los will give a lecture “On three-dimensional flows of internal pore pressure activated Bingham fluids”. Abstract: We are concerned with a system of partial differential equations describing internal flows of homogeneous incompressible fluids of Bingham type with activated boundary …

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On the existence of classical solution to the steady flows of generalized Newtonian fluid with concentration dependent power-law index: talk by Anna Abbatiello

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The seminar will take place on Monday, March 5, 2018 at 9:00 am in K4. Anna Abbatiello will give a lecture “On the existence of classical solution to the steady flows of generalized Newtonian fluid with concentration dependent power-law index”. Abstract: Steady flows of an incompressible synovial fluid are described by a coupled system, consisting …

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Decomposition into subspaces and operator preconditioning: talk by Zdeněk Strakoš

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The seminar will take place on Monday, February 26, 2018 at 9:00 am in K4. Prof. Zdeněk Strakoš will continue with the lecture “Decomposition into subspaces and operator preconditioning”. Abstract: We will consider linear equations in the abstract infinite-dimensional Hilbert space setting with bounded, coercive and self-adjoint operators, which can represent, e.g., boundary value problems …

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