In kinetic gas theory approximation methods based on moment equations proved to be a successful extension of fluid dynamics for applications in micro- and rarefied gas flows. Still, many open problems remain in the modeling of the evolution equations and boundary conditions as well as in the development of appropriate numerical methods.

This workshop brings together mathematicians, engineers and physicists to present and discuss ongoing research in moment equations in detail.

The workshop successfully took place on November 6-8, 2008

Organizers

• Manuel Torrilhon, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
• Kun Xu, University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
• Research Institute for Mathematics (FIM), ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Workshop Presentations

Please use the links in the table below to download the presentations of the speakers.
See the pdf for a full version of the program including abstracts of talks and posters.

Workshop Publication

Contributions to this workshop will be published in a Special Issue on Moment Methods of the journal Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics published by Springer. Submission deadline will be announced by email.

List of Participants

• Hans Babovsky, Technical University Ilmenau, Germany
• Paolo Barbante, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
• Miroslav Cada, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
• Martin Frank, Technical University Kaiserslautern, Germany
• Aldo Frezzotti, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
• Livio Gibelli, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
• Clinton Groth, University of Toronto, Canada
• Xiao-Jun Gu, Daresbury Laboratory, UK
• Rolf Jeltsch, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
• Patrick Jenny, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
• Shi Jin, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
• Michael Junk, University Konstanz, Germany
• Peter Kauf, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
• Loc Khieu, University of Michigan, USA
• David Levermore, University of Maryland, USA
• Thierry Magin, NASA Ames Research Center, USA
• James McDonald, University of Toronto, Canada
• Luc Mieussens, Universite Toulouse III, France
• Rho-Shin Myong, Gyeongsang National University, South Korea
• Hans Christian Oettinger, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
• Anirudh Singh Rana, University of Victoria, Canada
• Ehsan Roohi, Sharif University Tehran, Iran
• Andres Santos, Universidad de Extremadura, Spain
• Benjamin Seibold, MIT, USA
• Henning Struchtrup, University of Victoria, Canada
• Yoshifumi Suzuki, University of Michigan, USA
• Peyman Taheri, University of Victoria, Canada
• Min Tang, Universite Toulouse III, France
• Manuel Torrilhon, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
• Cesare Tronci, EPF Lausanne, Switzerland
• Daniel Wright, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
• Kun Xu, University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

Workshop Photos

The group photo and some photos taken during the dinner can be found here.