Spring Workshop on Nonlinear Mechanics held in Xi'an 4-8 April, 2011, Xi'an Jiaotong University
This Spring Workshop is targeted at post-graduate students and young researchers, aiming to provide training in mathematical modelling and computational methods that are widely used in nonlinear mechanics, with a focus on biomechanics.
Organizers:
Prof. T.J. Wang, Prof. Y.M. Li, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
Prof. X.Y. Luo, Prof. N.A. Hill, Glasgow University, UK
Talks and useful material
Prof. R. W. Ogden FRS, Constitutive modelling of arteries
Prof. P. , Nithiarasu, One dimensional and subject-specific modelling in Biomechanics
Background information for Prof. Nithiarasu's talk
Prof. Y. M. Li, United strength theory for materials and structures
Prof. T. J. Wang, Plasticity of sandwich beam with metallic foam core
Prof. Z. S. Liu, Plant phyllotaxis and polymeric membrane gel theory
Prof. X. Y. Luo, Mathematical modelling and its physiological applications
Prof. B. E. Griffith, Immersed boundary methods for simulating fluid-structure interactions
Prof. Y. B. Fu, Methods of bifurcation/stability analysis with applications to biomechanics
Background information for Prof. Fu's talk
Prof. N. A. Hill, Pulse propagation in the pulmonary and systemic arteries
Background information for Prof. Hill's talk
Selected workshop photos
