2002.9.19
Workshop on
   "Mathematical Aspects of Complex Fluids (III) "
       Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences,
       Kyoto University,  2002.10.30-11.1,
       Osamu SANO (Tokyo Univ. Agriculture & Technology)

Program(updated 19 Sept. 2002)

Wednesday 30 October
13:30-13:55   T.Nakagaki and R.Kobayashi
       (Res.Inst.Electr.Sci., Hokkaido Univ.)
       Physiology of sol-gel transportation network in the Physarum plasmodium

13:55-14:20 R.Kobayashi and T.Nakagaki
       (Res.Inst.Electr.Sci., Hokkaido Univ.) 
       Modeling approach to the plasmodium of Physarum polycephalum

14:20-14:45    H.Nakagawa, H.Nishimori and T.Tao*
        (College.Eng., Osaka Pref.Univ.; Fac.Eng., Ibaraki Univ.*)
       A model for the chemotaxis and differentiation of ants

14:45-15:15    Break

15:15-15:40    D.Kusachi, Y.Yamazaki and J.Mizushima
                        (Fac. Eng., Doshisha Univ.)
       Chemical reactions in a flow through channel with a suddenly expanded part

15:40-16:05    T.Yanagita and M.Iima
                         (Res.Inst.Electr.Sci., Hokkaido Univ.)
        Symmetry Break, Stability and Energetics in a simple 2D Flapping Model

16:05-17:00    T.Ooshida and K.Sekimoto
                        (Fac. Eng., Tottori Univ.; Yukawa Inst. Theor. Phys., Kyoto Univ.)
       Internal stress in a discrete-element model and a continuum model of elasto-plastic bodies


Thursday 31 October
 9:15- 9:45   H.Hayakawa
       (Grad.Sch.Human.Environ.Stud.,  Kyoto Univ.)
       Perspective in granular physics? Why are we still studying granular materials?

 9:45-10:10    H.Hayakawa
       (Grad.Sch.Human.Environ.Stud.,  Kyoto Univ.)
       Hydrodynamics and its stability of the inelastic Maxwell model

10:10-10:35    H.Nakanishi and R.Kawahara
                        (Fac. Sci., Kyushu Univ.)
        Dynamics of Inelastic Hard Sphere System in Homogeneous Cooling State

10:35-11:05    Break

11:05-11:30    Kim H.-D. and H.Hayakawa
        (Grad.Sch.Human.Environ.Stud.,  Kyoto Univ.)
         Kinetic Theory of a Dilute Gas System under Steady Heat Conduction

11:30-11:55    H.Kuninaka and H.Hayakawa
        (Grad.Sch.Human.Environ.Stud.,  Kyoto Univ.)
       The Simulation of the Inelastic Impact

11:55-13:25    Lunch

13:25-13:50    H.-G. Matuttis and N. Ito
                         (Fac.Eng.,Tokyo Univ.)
        Effect of particle shape on bulk-stress-strain relations of granular materials

13:50-14:15 A.Ugawa and O.Sano
       (Fac.Eng., Tokyo Univ.Agri.Tech.)
       Buckling, Bending-Wave, and Burst-Like Motion of a Thin Granular Layer Induced by Vertical Vibration

14:15-14:40    N. Oikawa, Y.Hidaka, W.Pesch, B.Dressel and S.Kai
                        (Fac. Eng., Kyushu Univ.)
       Abnormal Roll Instability and Defect Lattice in Electroconvection of Liquid Crystal

14:40-15:05    Y.Hidaka, Y.Yusuf, J.-H. Huh and S.Kai
                        (Fac. Eng., Kyushu Univ.)
       Prewavy Instability in Nematic Liquid Crystal

15:05-15:35    Break

15:35-16:00    K.Tamura, Y.Hidaka and S.Kai
                        (Fac. Eng., Kyushu Univ.)
       Local and global behavior of particle diffusion in soft-mode turbulence -anomalous diffusion and normal diffusion-

16:00-16:25    Y.Yusuf, Y.Ono and S.Kai
                        (Fac. Eng., Kyushu Univ.)
        Swelling effect of liquid crystal elastomers in low molecular weight liquid crystals

16:25-16:50    Y.Nagano, H.Fukuda and S.Kai
                        (Fac. Eng., Kyushu Univ.)
       Stochastic Synchronization in Belousov-Zhabotinsky Chemical Oscillators

16:50-17:15    S.Miyamoto and T.Hikihara
                        (Sch. Electr. Eng., Kyoto Univ.)    
       Flow Dynamics of Fluxoid in Type-II Superconductor through TDGL Equation

18:00-            Informal Meeting


Friday 1 November
 9:00- 9:25    Y.Yamazaki  and A.Toda*
                      (Dept.Phys., Chuo Univ.; Fac.Integrated Arts & Sciences, Hiroshima Univ.*)
       Dynamical-Morphological Property of Adhesive Tape in Peeling

 9:25-10:20    H.Gotoh
                      (Grad. Sch. Eng., Kyoto Univ.)
        Contribution of Particle Methods to Computational Mechanics of Sediment Transport

10:20-10:50    Break

10:50-11:45    N.Endo, H.Kubo and T.Sunamura
                       (Fac. Sci., Osaka Univ.)
         Experiments on barchan shaped morphologies

11:45-12:10    H.Nishimori, H.Momiji* and T.Kamimura
                       (College.Eng., Osaka Pref.Univ.; Imperial College, London Univ. *)
       A dynamical model for the size distribution of dunes

12:10-13:40    Lunch

13:40-14:35    T.Hosoda
                      (Fac.Eng., Kyoto Univ.)
       Modeling of river flows and river channel processes and its applications

14:35-15:00    T.Yanagita, H.Nishimori* and T.Konishi**
                        (Res.Inst.Electr.Sci., Hokkaido Univ.; College.Eng., Osaka Pref.Univ.*; Fac.Sci., Nagoya Univ.**)
       The relation between River Morphology and its Dynamics

15:00-15:25    O.Sano, Y.Kaneko and G.P.RajaSekhar*
                       (Fac.Eng., Tokyo Univ.Agri.Tech.; IIT Kharagpur*)
       Growth of Cavity Region in a Granular Material due to Viscous Flow