Home page. Mathematical aspects of Mechanics: meeting in honor of Grigory Isaakovich Barenblatt

Grigory Isaakovich Barenblatt (born July 10, 1927) received his education at the University of Moscow, where he graduated in 1950 at the Department of Mechanics and Mathematics, obtained his Ph.D. in 1953 under the supervision of A.N. Kolmogorov, and received a D.Sc. in 1957. His achievements in applied mathematics and mechanics are outstanding. He made fundamental contributions to fracture mechanics, the theory of fluid and gas flows in porous media, the mechanics of non classical deformable solids, the theory of turbulence, and the field of self-similarities, nonlinear waves and intermediate asymptotics. At the moment he is a Professor in Residence at the Department of Mathematics of the University of California, Berkeley, Mathematician at the Department of Mathematics of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Emeritus G. I. Taylor Professor of Fluid Mechanics at the University of Cambridge, having occupied the G.I. Taylor Chair from 1992 to 1994.

The aim of the meeting is to stimulate the scientific interaction between experts in solid and fluid mechanics and mathematical analysis and modelling, and to create a forum to discuss important recent developments in these fields.

Topics of interest will include:
Hydrodynamics and turbulence; computational fluid mechanics; scaling laws and selfsimilarity; asymptotic methods; nonlinear diffusion and heat propagation; free boundaries and phase changes; fracture mechanics; bifurcation and chaos in applied sciences.

Organizing Committee: Michiel Bertsch (Univ. of Rome Tor Vergata & IAC) - Vincenzo Ferone (Univ. of Naples Federico II) - Carlo Nitsch (Univ. of Naples Federico II)

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MATHEMATICAL ASPECTS OF MECHANICS

An international meeting dedicated to the eightieth birthday of Grigory Isaakovich Barenblatt

Naples (Italy), July 2 - 3 2007


Home Location Accomodation Speakers Programme University of Naples "Federico II" Faculty of Engineering Sponsors Contact us	Grigory Isaakovich Barenblatt (born July 10, 1927) received his education at the University of Moscow, where he graduated in 1950 at the Department of Mechanics and Mathematics, obtained his Ph.D. in 1953 under the supervision of A.N. Kolmogorov, and received a D.Sc. in 1957. His achievements in applied mathematics and mechanics are outstanding. He made fundamental contributions to fracture mechanics, the theory of fluid and gas flows in porous media, the mechanics of non classical deformable solids, the theory of turbulence, and the field of self-similarities, nonlinear waves and intermediate asymptotics. At the moment he is a Professor in Residence at the Department of Mathematics of the University of California, Berkeley, Mathematician at the Department of Mathematics of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Emeritus G. I. Taylor Professor of Fluid Mechanics at the University of Cambridge, having occupied the G.I. Taylor Chair from 1992 to 1994. The aim of the meeting is to stimulate the scientific interaction between experts in solid and fluid mechanics and mathematical analysis and modelling, and to create a forum to discuss important recent developments in these fields. Topics of interest will include: Hydrodynamics and turbulence; computational fluid mechanics; scaling laws and selfsimilarity; asymptotic methods; nonlinear diffusion and heat propagation; free boundaries and phase changes; fracture mechanics; bifurcation and chaos in applied sciences. Organizing Committee: Michiel Bertsch (Univ. of Rome Tor Vergata & IAC) - Vincenzo Ferone (Univ. of Naples Federico II) - Carlo Nitsch (Univ. of Naples Federico II) Download poster & programme