SCIENCE AT THE EDGE SEMINAR

                   Friday, October 18, 2002
11:30 a.m., Room 1400 Biomedical and Physical Sciences Building
           Refreshments served in 1400A at 11:15 a.m.


Title:     Matchsticks, Scramjets, and Black Holes:
           Numerical Simulation Faces Reality

Speaker:   Elaine S. Oran
           Laboratory for Computational Physics and Fluid Dynamics
           Naval Research Laboratory

Abstract:
The evolution of the science and art of numerical simulation of complex,
complicated fluid flows has made enormous strides in the past forty
years. We have progressed from relatively simplified one-dimensional
steady-state results to fully three-dimensional, time-dependent
simulations including very complex physics. These advances have been
driven by new computational hardware, new algorithms for solving the
equations, and the real need for this technology.  This presentation
emphasizes the broad range of applications that are possible, and
describes some of what we can now do, what we have learned, and where we
might go with this exciting technology in the future.