Liu Bie Ju Centre of Mathematical Science, CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG 8 - 11 June, 2000

Nonlinear wave propagation as one of basic phenomena in solids is of both theoretical and practical importance. During the last two decades a widerange of problems in this area have been studied based on mathematical, physical and numerical approaches, and some remarkable results have been achieved. For example, it is now known that solitary waves are widely spread in solids. This workshop will discuss recent and prospective advances in nonlinear and linear waves in solids. It will consist invited lectures and contributed talks on a wide range of topics which include:

•  Analytical methods in solving nonlinear wave problems in solids
•  Waves in active or dissipative elastic media
•  Waves in electroelastic and magnetoelastic media
•  Nonlinear surface waves and nonlinear waves in elasticwave guides
•  Numerical and experimental simulations for nonlinear waves in solids
•  High performance computing in nonlinear wave simulation in solids
•  Linear elastic waves

Registration is free. Potential participants are requested to expresstheir intention as soon as possible and submit a one-page abstract by 1 January, 2000 to one of the co-organizers (preferred by email):

Dr. H.-H. Dai
Department of Mathematics, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon,
Hong Kong
Email: mahhdai@math.cityu.edu.hk

Professor A. M. Samsonov
The Ioffe Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg, Russia
Email: samsonov@math.ioffe.rssi.ru

Confirmed Invited Speakers Include:
P.L. Christiansen, H.-H. Dai, J. Engelbrecht, D. Haddow, G.W. Hunt, A. Jeffrey, T. Kawahara, C.-S. Man, G. A. Maugin, A. Mayer, D. Parker, A.M. Samsonov

Sponsored by Hong Kong Mathematical Society