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CTAC2004

 

The 12th Biennial Computational Techniques and Applications Conference

27 September - 1 October 2004

The University of Melbourne
Victoria Australia

Acceptances (as at September 1, 2004)

Author

Organisation

Title

S.Abelman

University of Witwatersrand

Angular Deviation of Light Rays that Emerge from Optometric Prisms - Near Linear Behaviour of Nonlinear Phenomena

S.Anderson

DSTO

Regularisation functionals for a class of inverse problems in rough surface scattering

A.Andrew

La Trobe University

Asymptotic correction and inverse eigenvalue problems

S.Armfield

Sydney University

A third order fractional step method for the Navier-Stokes equations

S.Belward

James Cook University

Update schemes enhancing stability and effciency of series solution methods to subcritical flow over topography

B.Blyth

RMIT University

Sloan Iteration and Richardson Extrapolation for Walsh series solutions of integral Equations

L.Bode

James Cook University

Nonlinear extension to a reef parameterisation scheme

S.Carnie

The University of Melbourne

Modelling of drop-drop interactions in an Atomic Force Microscope

L.Chen

DSTO Melbourne

Computation of Flow Behind Three Side-by-Side Cylinders of Unequal Spacing

M.S.Coates

University of Sydney

The use of discrete element method modelling to study the de-agglomeration of pharmaceutical dry powders for inhalation

I.Coope

University of Canterbury

A parallel Jacobi algorithm for derivative-free optimisation on parallel or distributed processors

A.Date

RMIT University

Optimising the design of a centrifugal reaction turbine rotor using CFD(Fluent)

M. R. Davidson

University of Melbourne

Flow focusing in microchannels

E.Dilla

RMIT University

Flow instability prediction in low-pressure subcooled boiling flows using CFD codes

D.Donovan

The University of Queensland

Visualising Energy Data

L.Erakovic

RMIT University

CFD Modelling of slasher with single and double counter rotating blades using sliding mesh technique

A.Fitzgerald

Monash University

Vortex Breakdown State Selection as a Metastable Process

C.Frederiksen

Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre

A method for extracting coupled patters of predictable and chaotic components of covariability in pairs of climate variables

R.Gollan

The University of Queensland

Computations of radiating expansion tube flows for simulation of planetary entry

M.Griffith

Monash University

The effect of semi-circular blockages on the laminer two-dimensional flow between two flat plates

V.Grimm

La Trobe University

Geometric Integrators that Conserve Lyapunov Functions

L.Gross

University of Queensland

Software infrastructure for solving non-linear partial differential equations and its application to modeling crustal fault systems

H.Pol

Australian National University

Modelling the rheology of muscle contraction using a Kohlrausch function

M.Hardy

Massey University

Parallel realisation of monotone domain decomposition algorithms for nonlinear reaction-diffusion problems

V. Gershkovich

The University of Melbourne

The Idetification of Vibration Modes with Closely Spaced Frequencies from Experimental Data

D.Harvie

The University of Melbourne

A numerical parametric study of droplet deformation through a microfluidic contraction

D.Harvie

The University of Melbourne

An analysis of parasitic current generation in Volume of Fluid simulations

M.Hegland

Australian National University

Additive models in high dimensions

P.Higgins

James Cook University

Generating Series Solutions to Flow Over Topography in Real Time

J.Hudson

Massey University

A quasi-random approach to fitting hereditary tree models to DNA data

D.Ivers

University of Sydney

A Spectral Method for Solution of the Heat Equation in Spheroidal Geometries

I.Jalil

University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

On Hamiltonian Circuited Solvers For Elliptic Partial Differential Equations

R.Jeltsch

ETH Zurich

Inverse Aerodynamic Shape Design of Gas Turbine Blades

V.Jeyakumar

Government College

Performance analysis of vapour compression refrigeration system and the design of heat exchanger accumulater

D.Jones

Aeronautical and Maritime Research Laboratory

Solution of the Vorticity form of the Navier-Stokes Equation on a Lagrangian Tetrehedral Mesh

D.Jones

Aeronautical and Maritime Research Laboratory

Numerical simulation of Turbulent Flow in a Generic  Wing-Body Junction

M.Kartawidjaja

University of Indonesia

Performance of a parallel technique for solving stiff ODEs using an implicit runge-kutta method

K.Mustapha

University of New South Wales

A fully discrete quadrature method for quasilinear hyperbolic problems

H.Khaleghi

Tarbiat Modares University

Caomparison of Various Droplet Break-Up Models in Gas Liquid Flows

M.Khan

University of New South Wales

Dispersion of particles injected through am impinging vertical round jet

M.Khan

University of New South Wales

Entrainment behaviour of particles induced by a liquid film developed on a half-submerged rotary drum

J.Knight

CSIRO Land & Water

Using multiple solutions to compute linearised steady soil water flow around systems of obstacles

B.Kuan

CSIRO Division of Minerals

CFD Simulation of Dilute Particulate Flows with Different Solid Size Distributions on a Curved 90degree Duct Bend

G.Renaldo

Federal University of Santa Catarina

Using Meta-inference with Prolog to Preserve Accuracy in Numerical Equation Solving

M.Leahy

The University of Melbourne

A 2-dimensional CFD model for heap bioleaching of copper-sulfides

S.Leak

NEC Australia

Optimisation of a spline-based Eulerian-Lagrangian transport solver

J.W.Lee

The University of Adelaide

Numerical solutions of the Incompressible Navier-Stokes Equations for Shallow Water Flows

J.Leontini

Monash University

Modelling Vortex-Induced Vibration with Multi-Frequency Oscillation at Low Reynolds Number

D.Lesmono

The University of Queensland

Optimal Strategies in Political Election

H.Li

RMIT University

The Three-Dimensional CFD Analysis of Flow Behaviours in a Complex Twin-Screw Supercharger

N.Li

Swinburne University of Technology

Some Remarks on the inverse eigenvalue problem for real symmetric Toeplitz Matrices

F.Liu

Xiamen University

Analysis of a discrete non-Markovian random walk approximation for the time fractional diffusion equation

J.Liu

University of North Texas

An Adjoint Approach for a Cariational Method for Numerical Differentiation

M.Lobo

The University of Adelaide

A Boundary Element Method for Infiltration from Irrigation Channels in a soil with Impermeable Inclusions

G.Madhan

Government College of Engineering

Weight reduction of radial fan impeller using ANSYS

J.Mahmud

Universiti Teknologi MARA

Computer program development of Truss Structural Configuration Optimization

J.Maindonald

Australian National University

Using Cross-Validation to avoid selection bias in the graphical representation og high-dimensional data

G.McBain

University of Sydney

Two-point boundary value problems, Green's functions and product integration

M. Mirzaei

K. N. Toosi(KNT) University of Technology

Drag Optimization for Axisymetric afterbodies with jet plume

E.Momoniat

University of Witwarsrand

Lie group analysis and numerical solutions of thin film flow driven by gravity, surface tension and surface shear

K.Moriya

Aoyama Gakuin University

A new scheme of computing the preconditioner for the schur-complements

T.Moroney

QLD University of Technology

A new finite volume method incorporating radial basis functions for simulating diffusion

C.R. Mouser

Defence Science & Technology Organisation

Comparing genetic algorithms and particle swarm optimisation for an inverse problem exercise.

A. Muradova

Australian National University

Numerical technique for some linear and nonlinear eigenvalue problems in the theory of elasticity

M.Muthuswamy

The University of Melbourne

Role of particle rotations revealed through discrete and continuum simulations of particulate solids

K.Ngo

Stanford University

Finite Element Analysis of Wing-Engine Assembly

G.Nikishkov

University of Aizu

Finite element algorithm with adaptive quadtree-octree mesh refinement

G.Oberman

Queensland University of Technology

Drying of a liquid droplet suspended in its own vapour

T. O'Kane

CSIRO Atmospheric Research

The statistical dynamics of nonlinear wave-turbulence interactions in two-dimensional barotropic flow

P.O'Neill

Monash University

DNS Study of the Tropology of Forced Isotropic Turbulence with Passive Scalar Transport

A.Ooi

University of Melbourne

Coupled nonlinear oscillations of microbubbles

A.Ooi

University of Melbourne

Numerical investigation of acoustic waves scattering off a circular cylinder

M.Osborne

Australian National University

Polyhedral function constrained optimization problems

I.Palymskiy

Siberian State Transport University

Direct Numerical Simulation of Turbulent Benard Convection

J.Ravi.Prakash

Monash University

A Successive Fine Graining Approach for Predicting the Rheological properties of a Dilute Polymer Solution

C.J.Price

University of Canterbury

Direct search optimization methods using grids and frames

T.Prvan

Macquarie University

Thin film models in a stochastic setting

Quenette. S

Victorian Partnership for Advanced Computing

M.Raimondo

The University of Sydney

A fast wavelet algorithm for image deblurring

A.Ramezani

Sharif University of Technology

A fast implicit method for numerical simulation of compressible flow on unstructured grids

R. Prabhakar

Monash University

Fast and Accurate Mesoscale Models of Dilute Polymer Solutions

W.Read

James Cook University

Series Solutions for Steady Seepage in Three Dimensional Aquifers

A.Resnyansky

DSTO

Use of Riemann Solvers for Multi-Phase Modelling

T.Roberts

University of Southern Queensland

Higher order accuracy in the gap-tooth scheme for large scale solutions using micrscopic simulators

S.Roberts

Australian National University

High Dimensional Data Fitting using Sparse Grid Functions

G.Rosengarten

The University of Melbourne

Using CFD to study the effect of contact angle on microdrop deformation

P. Ruengsakulrach

University of Toronto

Steady and Unsteady Blood Flow Simulations in the Mouse Aortic Arch

J.Seadon

Universiti Teknologi MARA

The Development of Computational Model in Performing Mode of Failure Analysis on Composite Plates

J.Sampson

Swinburne University of Technology

Modelling the Effect of Proposed Channel Deepening on the Tides on Port Phillip Bay

L.Santoso

Australian National University

Simulation and modelling of gene switches

P.Sharp

University of Auckland

Long simulations of the Solar System: Brouwer's Law and Chaos

P.Sharp

University of Auckland

Brouwer's law is attainable

G.Sheard

Monash University

Computing and flow past a cylinder with free hemisperical ends

J.Shepherd

RMIT University

Numerical modeling of the effect of operating parameters in the plastic blown film process

J.Shepherd

RMIT University

Interior Layer Structure in the Newtonian Blown Film

J.Sinclair

Victorian Partnership for Advanced Computing

HPC Guided Geometric Optimisation of Turbulent Airflow

A.Slone

The University of Greenwich

A novel approach to a complex multi-physics problem- High Speed Compact

D.Smith

DSTO - Edinburgh

Propellor Blade Signatures in the Wavelet Domain

G.Sneddon

James Cook University

The method of particular solutions for the Helmholtz Equation

J.Soria

Monash University

Examination of optical experimental Fluid Mechanics methodologies using direct numerical simulation of turbulence data

L.Stals

Australian National University

Discrete Thin Plate Splines

Y.Stepanyants

Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO)

Influence of bottom boundary conditions for temperature on the heat distribution within oxidising heaps

B.Stewart

Monash University

Energy and wake transitions of an oscilating cylinder in low Reynolds number flow

N.Sudharsan

College of Engineering, Guindy

Non-linear Interation of Gravity waves with an Underwater Elastic Structure

N.Surawski

Griffith University

An assessment of the capability of finite element solvers in simulating saltwater intrusion

L.Tan

Nanyang Technological University of Singapore

A Numerical Simulation of Avascular Tumour Growth

H. Tang

Brunel University

A multiphase tracking method for modelling the interfacial flow of two immiscible liquids in mixing process

B.Tang

Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Simulation of a Turbulent Premixed Open V shaped Flame Using Contour Advection with Surgery

T.Tarnopolskaya

CSIRO Mathematical & Information Sciences

Instability in lateral dynamics of a metal strip in cold rolling

S.Taylor

The University of Melbourne

The optimal sample length to use when calculating transfer functions from discrete experimental data

J.Tenne

The University of Sydney

Approximate Solvers Combining Gaussian Elimination and the Conjugate Directions Algorithm

B.Thompson

The University of Queensland

Kotz type innovations in autoregressive modeling of meteorological series

Tian. Z

large eddy simulation indoor airflow and contaminant concentration

T.Tsai

Nanyang Technological University

Axisymmetric thermocapillary motion of a deformable fluid droplet in an insulated tube

P.Tse

La Trobe University

Can classical methods be volume preserving?

I.Turner

QLD University of Technology

On estimating errors for gradient approximations in surface interpolation

I.Turner

QLD University of Technology

Approximating Functions of a Large Sparse Positive Definite Matrix Function using a Spectral Splitting Method

M.Walkley

University of Leeds

Adaptive finite element simulation of three-dimensional surface-tension-dominated free-surface flow problems

Walsh

The University of Melbourne

Mesoscopic simulations of contact problems involving Cosserat coninua

M.Watanabe

Okayama University

Numerical study on microbial depolymerizaion process of exogenous type

J.Wissink

University of Karlsruhe

Separating, transitional flow affected by various inflow oscillation regimes

P.Wolynec

Swinburne University of Technology

The Molecular Orbitals of the Open-Shell System of the Methyl Free Radical as Determined by Dual Space Analysis

R.Wood

Charles Sturt University

Alternative Methods for Identication of an M-Matrix

G.Xiao

RMIT University

W.C.Yeh

National Chiayi University

A hybrid quasi Monte Carlo method for estimating the reliability of the multistate-node acyclic network

L.Zhang

Keio University

A New Adaptive GMRES(m) Algorithm with correction

J.Zhang

Swinburne University of Technology

L.Zhihong

Huazhong University of Science and technology

A hybrid two-diension DP and DDDP for the daily optimal operation in the Three-Gorges cascaded hydroelectric systems

Organised by

Computational Mathematics Group
of the Australian Mathematics Society