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Departamento de Matemática Técnico Técnico

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23/05/2000, 17:00 — 18:00 — Anfiteatro Pa1, Pavilhão de Matemática
Kumbakonam Rajagopal, Texas A and M University, College Station, USA

The Role of Mathematics in Several Areas of Mechanical Engineering

A variety of mathematical tools are used in modeling the various processes that mechanical engineers are concerned with. In addition to classical ordinary and partial differential equations that occur naturally in problems involving the mechanics of fluids and solids, and integral-differential models for materials with memory, novel materials provide challenges in developing averaging methods and homogenization procedures. Control of mechanical systems have invoked the use of fuzzy sets and fuzzy logic and Banach algebras, randomness and indeterminacy inherent to certain problems have required sophisticated mathematical tools based on probability and statistics, and material symmetry consideration require appeal to group theory. Here, I shall discuss some of the mathematical tools used in the study of a variety of problems that confronts mechanical engineers.

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O Colloquium de Matemática é a designação geral para uma série de palestras mensais organizadas pelo Departamento de Matemática do IST que têm como objetivo divulgar ideias de ou sobre Matemática. Está aberto à participação de docentes, investigadores e alunos de licenciatura, de mestrado ou de doutoramento do IST ou de outras instituições, sendo uma oportunidade de reunir pessoas com interesses afins e de estimular a troca de ideias num ambiente informal.

Organização: Conceição Amado, Lina Oliveira e Maria João Borges.