Speaker:
Milton Lopes Filho
Institution:
Univ. of Campinas, Brazil
Time:
Friday, January 20, 2012 - 4:00pm
Location:
RH 306
Vortex sheets in 2D flow are curves where a tangential discontinuity of velocity occurs. They represent an idealized description of thin regions of intense shear, which are a common feature of fluid flows occurring in practice. In this talk, we examine the different mathematical descriptions of vortex sheets, the current knowledge concerning these descriptions and some of the recent progress on the subject.