new: postdoc position for 2012

Subject:

Development of a new discretization method for kinetic equations

Contact :

Luc Mieussens

Backround of the candidate:

One or more of the following backgrounds are required: applied mathematics, numerical methods for PDEs, numerical methods for hyperbolic conservation laws, kinetic theory, gas dynamics.

Context and objectives:

Context and objectives:} Deterministic methods that are used in rarefied gas dynamics are not very efficient in weakly collisionnal regimes. This is mainly due to the strong gradients -or discontinuities- of the distribution function with respect to the velocity variable. The aim of this project is to improve these methods by developping a new discretization of the velocity variable recently introduced in our team.

The method should be analyzed (order of accuracy, convergence, etc.), implemented and tested (in 1D and 2D).

The post-doc will be a member of the team ``Scientific Computing and modeling'' of the Bordeaux Institute of Mathematics, in a group composed of a PhD student, an engineer, an assistant professor and a professor.

Advisors:

L. Mieussens, S. Brull

Place:

Bordeaux Institute of Mathematics, university of Bordeaux

Salary:

2650 euro per month

Duration:

12 months

Starting date:

as soon as possible