Monday 6 October, 7pm in the bar of The Showroom
Speaker: Dr Ashley Willis, School of of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Sheffield
Turbulence exhibits chaotic changes in the speed and direction of fluid flow — this will be familiar if you’ve experienced turbulence during a flight! Turbulence is a big problem in many applications, where substantial energy is often wasted in the creation of these chaotic motions, for example in aerodynamics, and very much so in the pumping of oil and water.
In this talk Dr Willis will explain to non-mathematicians how this progress has been made possible, drawing links between the dynamics of turbulence and chaotic systems such as the ‘double pendulum’.
This event is open to all, no booking or tickets required. For more information visit: http://www.sciencecafesheffield.org/