Thematic Einstein Semester on

Energy-based mathematical methods for reactive multiphase flows

Winter Semester 2020/21

Organizers


Volker Mehrmann (TU Berlin)
Alexander Mielke (HU Berlin / WIAS)
Dirk Peschka (WIAS)
Marita Thomas (WIAS / U. Kassel)
Barbara Wagner (TU Berlin / WIAS)


Scope


Since the early works of Lagrange and Hamilton for classical mechanics and Rayleigh and Helmholtz for dissipative processes, energetic variational methods for fluids and solids have been developed extensively. The relation to underlying microscopic stochastic models was pioneered by Onsager leading to his celebrated reciprocal relations. However, most systematic developments concerned either purely conservative Hamiltonian systems or purely dissipative gradient systems. In the last two decades, a unification of these two extremes was addressed by developing concepts for systems combining both systems. More recently, these topics evolved into mathematical theories such as GENERIC and port-Hamiltonian structures. Corresponding thermodynamical structures are advantageous from the modeling point-of-view and for the design of efficient numerical schemes. However, different communities have developed own languages and specific mathematical methods that are not always accessible for non-experts.

This Thematic Einstein Semester will bring together scientists from different communities to develop synergies between the different approaches. The mathematical community could contribute (to) the structural analysis of flowing systems concerning, for example, the geometry of thermodynamic systems, functional analytical frameworks for partial differential equations, description of bulk-interface coupling, connection to microscopic/stochastic models, construction of structure-preserving numerical schemes, model reduction or modular modeling. Communication with applied material research communities in mathematics, physics and engineering will cover diverse material systems such as, for example, reactive flows, porous medium flow, hydrogels, electrolytes, colloidal and non-colloidal suspensions, nematic materials, and beyond, where thermodynamic descriptions play an important role.

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The semester is organized within the framework of the Berlin Mathematics Research Center MATH+ and supported by the Einstein Foundation Berlin.


Activities


Collegiality


MATH+ Collegiality Statement