SEMINAR:
  Maths and Stats Colloquium
  - Have you ever wondered what is a fluid theory?
		
Thu, 12 Apr 2018 16:00 - Blakers LT
		
Dr David Pfefferlé
Fluid models are widely employed in many fields of science, ranging from
astronomy and physics to biology and chemistry. The fundamental
principle, and motivation, behind fluid models is to provide an
effective macroscopic representation of the collective behaviour arising
from a large number of microscopic events. Thus, the main advantage of
fluid models is a reduction in complexity, while still capturing the
essential characteristics of the macroscopic system. The difficulty in
constructing fluid models from kinetic theory arises from the presence
of the collision operator. A systematic treatment of the collisional
effects in a plasma is presented to derive fluid models beyond the usual
assumption of “thermal equilibrium”. Such extended models will greatly
help model cold and moderate temperature plasmas, for example in the
study of astrophysical phenomena or in industrial applications.
		
For more information:
  Brendan Florio
  brendan.florio@uwa.edu.au

Starts       : Thu, 12 Apr 2018 16:00
Ends         : Thu, 12 Apr 2018 17:00
		
Last Updated : Tue, 03 Apr 2018 17:26