Digest of the Non Linear Science Network, Volume 05, Number 09 May 15, 2005 Editor: Angel Jorba Topics: Conference in Kyoto on Discrete Simulation of Fluid Dynamics Postdoctoral Position at INRIA, Grenoble IFISS, Incompressible Flow and Iterative Solver Software Contents, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 203:3-4 Submissions to nls-net must be addressed to: Comments and suggestions are also welcome. General information about nls-net can be found at: http://www.maia.ub.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nls-net/ This is a service created and maintained in collaboration with the American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) http://www.aimsciences.org/ ------ Subject: Conference in Kyoto on Discrete Simulation of Fluid Dynamics From: Bruce Boghosian Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 11:00:56 -0400 14th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE DISCRETE SIMULATION OF FLUID DYNAMICS (DSFD2005) Kyoto, Japan August 22-26, 2005 The 14th International Conference on the Discrete Simulation of Fluid Dynamics and Complex Systems (DSFD2005) will be held on August 22-26, 2005 in Kyoto, Japan. Topics covered at the DSFD series of meetings include lattice-gas automata, the lattice Boltzmann equation, dissipative particle dynamics, smoothed-particle hydrodynamics, direct simulation Monte Carlo, stochastic rotation dynamics, molecular dynamics, and hybrid methods. There will be sessions on advances in both theory and computation, on engineering applications of discrete fluid algorithms, and on fundamental issues in statistical mechanics, kinetic theory, and hydrodynamics. For more information about the conference, please refer to the web page: http://fd.kuaero.kyoto-u.ac.jp/DSFD2005 Researchers interested in presenting at the meeting are asked to send a one-page abstract by e-mail to: dsfd@kuaero.kyoto-u.ac.jp by May 15, 2005. Questions about the meeting may also be sent to this address. We look forward to seeing you in Kyoto in August. ------ Subject: Postdoctoral Position at INRIA, Grenoble From: Jerome Monnier Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 11:07:55 +0200 PostDoc Position in Applied Mathematics (Microfluidics Context). Grenoble, France. The applicant will reach an applied mathematics and numerical research team (project-team IDOPT, INRIA) located at Grenoble (French Alps). The study is carried out in collaboration with researchers in fluid mechanics / interfacial phenomena (LEGI laboratory, Grenoble) and an industrial partner. The final objective is an efficient numerical model of droplet impact dynamics on a solid substrat. A PhD in Applied Mathematics is required. Demonstrated experience in PDEs, numerical methods and software development in C/C++ is mandatory. This is a 12 months position with ~2000 Euros/month. The successful candidate will be a willing and effective communicator and committed to team collaboration. The expected start date of the appointment is september 1, 2005. Applications with full CV and two referees letters should be sent to: J. Monnier LMC-IMAG, BP 53, F-38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France. Email : Jerome.Monnier@imag.fr Web sites : INRIA, IDOPT Team-Project, http://www-lmc.imag.fr/IDOPT/idopt.html Grenoble city, http://www.grenoble-isere-tourisme.com LEGI laboratory, http://www.legi.hmg.inpg.fr ------ Subject: IFISS, Incompressible Flow and Iterative Solver Software From: Alison Ramage Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 17:13:47 +0100 (BST) We are pleased to announce the availability of Incompressible Flow & Iterative Solver Software (IFISS) Version 2.0. This is an open-source Matlab software package that is associated with the forthcoming book "Finite Elements and Fast Iterative Solvers with applications in incompressible fluid dynamics" by Howard C. Elman, David J. Silvester, and Andrew J. Wathen (see http://www.oup.co.uk/isbn/0-19-852868-X for further details). The IFISS software can be used to generate typical linear systems arising from finite element discretisations of four important PDE applications: diffusion, convection-diffusion, Stokes flow and Navier-Stokes flow problems. It has built-in multigrid and Krylov subspace solvers and includes a variety of appropriate preconditioning strategies for each problem. We have used early versions of the software to suport technical workshops we have given in the last decade on fast solvers for incompressible flow problems. Key features include - implementation of a variety of mixed finite element approximation methods - automatic calculation of stabilization parameters where appropriate - a posteriori error estimation - a range of preconditioned Krylov subspace solvers (including MINRES and BICGSTAB(ell)) - a built-in geometric multigrid solver/preconditioner - an interface to the algebraic multigrid solver of FEMLAB (see http://www.comsol.com/) - useful visualisation tools. IFISS has been tested under Matlab Versions 5.3 to 7.0 and can be run under Windows, Unix and Mac architectures. The library is free software which can be redistributed and/or modified under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation. It can be downloaded from http://www.cs.umd.edu/~elman/ifiss.html http://www.manchester.ac.uk/ifiss David Silvester, Howard Elman and Alison Ramage. ------ Subject: Contents, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 203:3-4 From: cdmailer@elsevier.co.uk Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 14:14:45 +0100 (BST) For more information about this journal visit: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/physd Stability of low-dimensional bushes of vibrational modes in the Fermi-Pasta-Ulam chains G.M. Chechin, D.S. Ryabov, K.G. Zhukov pp 121-166 Linear versus nonlinear dissipation for critical NLS equation T. Passot, C. Sulem, P.L. Sulem pp 167-184 Complex intermittent dynamics in large-aspect-ratio homogeneously broadened single-mode lasers D. Amroun, M. Brunel, C. Letellier, H. Leblond, F. Sanchez pp 185-197 Feasibility of real-time calculation of correlation integral derived statistics applied to EEG time series P.L.C. van den Broek, J. van Egmond, C.M. van Rijn, F. Takens, A.M.L. Coenen, L.H.D.J. Booij pp 198-208 Reconstruction of time-delayed feedback systems from time series M.D. Prokhorov, V.I. Ponomarenko, A.S. Karavaev, B.P. Bezruchko pp 209-223 Differential flow induced transition of Hopf instability to Turing instability and pattern formation S.S. Riaz, S. Kar, D.S. Ray pp 224-232 Equatorial and related non-equilibrium states in magnetization dynamics of ferromagnets: Generalization of Suhl's spin-wave instabilities C. Kosaka, K. Nakamura, S. Murugesh, M. Lakshmanan pp 233-248 Statistics of noise-driven coupled nonlinear oscillators: Applications to systems with Kerr nonlinearity J.E. Prilepsky, S.A. Derevyanko pp 249-269