Lecture Title: Galerkin Finite Block Method in Elasticity
Prof. Pihua Wen
Nanchang Unversity, China
Prof P.H. Wen has been involved in applied mathematics and development of numerical methods for more than four decades. Since 1984, he has established and maintained an excellent international track record. He has published more than 250 papers in international journals and 20 papers in peer-reviewed conference proceedings in fracture mechanics, solid/fluid mechanics and three books. He has been the member of international scientific advisory boards of several international conferences. Prof Wen is one of the activist researchers in the world in the field of numerical modelling and development of new numerical algorithms including the boundary element method and meshless method. His interests cover many fields of engineering and sciences including the damage tolerance analysis and repair investigation for damaged/cracked structures, the interaction of solid and fluid, dynamic system, aerodynamics and biomechanics et al. He was titled as Guest Professor at the Central South University, Hunan University, Taiyuan University of Technology, Changsha University of Science and Technology, visiting professor at Slovakia Academia of Science.