GAMM Annual Meeting – Dresden 2004 Overview of the Sessions

Volume 4 (2004) of PAMM “Proceedings in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics” assembles the contributions to the GAMM Annual Meeting 2004, held 21–27 March 2004 in Dresden, Germany. The contributions are grouped according to the minisymposia and sessions of the conference. Minisymposia Mathematics MA1 Stochastic programming in energy and process engineering MA2 Numerical problems of stochastic dynamical systems MA3 Adaptive FEM MA4 PDE‐constrained optimization / optimization with PDEs MA5 Epitactic growth MA6 Nonlinear eigenvalue problems Minisymposia Mechanics ME1 Thin viscous films ME2 Drop–surface interactions ME3 Developments in auditory mechanics ME4 Microstructure of materials and scale bridging modeling ME5 Mechanics of smart structures and materials ME6 Micromagnetism Sessions 1–24 1 Linear and nonlinear oscillations 2 Stability and control theory 3 Multibody systems and kinematics 4 Elastic and viscoelastic materials and systems 5 Plasticity: constitutive equations and applications 6 Theory of materials and modelling of materials 7 Damage and fracture 8 Computational mechanics 9 Experimental methods and identification 10 Gas dynamics and rarefied gases 11 Viscous flows 12 Transition and turbulence 13 Heat and mass transfer, convective flows 14 Multiphase flows, flows of reactive fluids 15 Waves, acoustics 16 Applied analysis 17 Mathematical methods of the natural sciences and engineering 18 Computer algebra and computer analysis 19 Applied stochastics, operations research 20 Optimization 21 Numerical analysis 22 Applied and numerical linear algebra 23 Numerical treatment of ordinary and algebro‐differential equations 24 Numerical treatment of partial differential equations