Mathematical Sciences: Patterns, Chaos, and Turbulence in Couette-Taylor Flow--Connections to Other Problems in Nonlinear Dynamics; August 7-10, 1995; Boulder, Colorado

提议召开一次跨学科会议，讨论旋转圆柱体之间的流体流动（Couette-Taylor问题）和其他涉及离心力引起的弯曲几何不稳定性的流动的数学和物理问题。Couette-Taylor问题是一个原型，它在理解流体流动的非线性动力学和复杂性演变方面取得了若干进展。这门学科的独特之处就在于它将数学家、计算流体动力学专家、物理学家和工程师聚集在一起，讨论各种各样的理论、数值和实验技术，这些技术可能首先用该系统证明，然后扩展到更一般的问题。会议包括一天的邀请演讲，以纪念物理学家罗素·唐纳利诞辰65周年，随后是三天的专题演讲。还将举行为期一天的会前讲习班，目的是吸引代表性不足的群体和小型机构的研究人员参与流体不稳定性、模式形成和湍流起源等更广泛的研究课题。%%%提议召开一次跨学科会议，讨论旋转圆柱间流体流动的数学和物理以及相关的流体流动问题。这一领域的工作已经成为理解流体动力学中不稳定性和湍流开始的几个进展的原型。这些进展包括混沌动力学和湍流之间的联系，物理系统中模式的自发形成，波的非线性动力学，以及湍流发生的惊人方式。预计将有100多名数学家、计算专家、物理学家和工程师参加。会议的特色包括会前研讨会，旨在使代表性不足的群体能够开始在这一领域开展工作，以及一天的邀请演讲，以纪念杰出的物理学家罗素·唐纳利65周年。＊＊＊

Tagg 9520111 An interdisciplinary meeting is proposed on the mathematics and physics of fluid flow between rotating cylinders (the Couette-Taylor problem) and other flows involving instabilities that arise in curved geometries due to centrifugal forces. The Couette-Taylor problem is a prototype that has led to several advances in understanding the nonlinear dynamics and evolution of complexity in fluid flows. The subject is unique for the degree to which it brings together mathematicians, experts in computational fluid dynamics, physicists, and engineers to discuss a wide variety of theoretical, numerical, and experimental techniques that may be first proven with this system and later extended to more general problems. The meeting consists of a day of invited talks honoring the 65th year of physicist Russell Donnelly, followed by three days of contributed talks. A one-day pre-conference workshop will also be held with the intention of attracting under-represented groups and researchers from small institutions to a broader range of research topics in fluid instabilities, pattern formation, and the origins of turbulence. %%% An interdisciplinary meeting in proposed on the mathematics and physics of fluid flow between rotating cylinders and related fluid flow problems. This area of work has been a prototype for several advances in the understanding of instability and the onset of turbulence in fluid dynamics. These advances include connections between chaotic dynamics and turbulence, the spontaneous formation of patterns in physical systems, the nonlinear dynamics of waves, and an astonishing variety of ways that turbulence occurs. More than 100 mathematicians, computational experts, physicists, and engineers are expected to attend. Special features of the meeting include a pre-conference workshop that is intended to enable under-represented groups to begin work in this field as well as a day of invited talks honoring the 65th year of the distingui shed physicist Russell Donnelly. ***