2006-07 Program on Development, Assessment and Utilization of Complex Computer Models

Instructor Name: Bruce Pitman
Course Day and Time: Wednesday 4:30 - 7:00, beginning Sept. 13
Room 104 NISS Building

Short Course Description:

These lectures will introduce students to the theory, such as it is, of the deformation and flow of granular materials. Granular materials are ubiquitous, arising in industrial applications as diverse as coal power generation to cereals to fertilizers and pharmaceuticals, and in geophysical processes.

After an overview of granular flows, the microscopic, particle-scale theory of grain interactions will be introduced. Experimental findings will be discussed. The principal focus of the course will be on macroscopic behavior of flowing granular materials. Constitutive relations will be described. Examples of flow theories will be discussed. Emphasis will be given to the uncertainties in describing microscopic and macroscopic quantities, which in turn lead to variability in the theoretical predictions and experimental results.

Duke Course Listing STA 294.2 (please contact Nicole ([email protected]) for a permission number)

NCSU Course Listing MA 810K.003

UNC Course Listing MATH 891.2 (Instructor listed as Chris Jones)

The classes are 3 credits/units at each university.

Questions about the course or the Computer Models program should be emailed to [email protected].

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