Math 5984:
Topics Course on Instabilities in Polymeric Flows
2 credits
Index 6494
June
28-July 2, 1998, Second Summer Session
Northern Virginia Graduate
Center
Room 325 before 5pm, 322 after 5pm.
You can park at the center or, if that is full, in the metro parking lot.
Instructors:
The course will be taught by an interdisciplinary
team consisting
of
Course Content:
The course will provide an interdisciplinary introduction
into the exciting field of instabilities in polymeric flows with the goal
of preparing students for future research in the area. Instabilities in
polymeric flows can pose major challenges and serious limitations for
plastics
manufacturing, e.g. films, fibers, bottles and many other products.
Topics covered in the course will include
experiments, industrial processing applications, an introduction to the
physics of polymeric flows and constitutive modeling,
mathematical
techniques for the study of stability and dynamics
(here's a pdf version), and methods for
numerical
simulation, with particular emphasis on computer-aided stability analysis.
Here is a registration form.
Text:
There is no assigned textbook. Written course notes
will be handed out during the lectures.
Here
is a tentative schedule.
Prerequisites:
Consideration is given to the individual student's background.
Grading Policy:
Grades will be given on the basis of homework
assignments and projects to be completed after the lectures end.
General:
I reserve the option of modifying these policies where appropriate as the
course develops.
Virginia Tech Honor System Information
If you are not on the class roll that comes out after the last add date,
immediately check your schedule at a terminal and start attending the
proper section. For no forseeable reason (computer and registrar
personnel mistakes included) will you be allowed to stay in the wrong
section or to drop a section for which you are actually enrolled
after the last drop date. By simply attending a section you will
not be placed on its roll.
http://www.math.vt.edu/people/renardyy/class_home/5984_6494.html
For students:
Questions about funds available to cover travel
expenses and
tuition for participating students should be directed to Michael Renardy.Your hotel
is north of the center along Hwy 7, just beyond Tyson's Corner shopping mall. Address:
Comfort Inn, Tyson's Corner, 1587 Spring Hill Rd, Vienna, VA. This is not
within walking distance, but less than 5 minutes by car.
Mathematics Department
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Last updated on March 9, 1998.