Godunov's Method for Gas Dynamics: Current Applications and Future Development. ASymposium in Honor of S. K. Godunov

摘要

On May 1 and 2, 1997, an international symposium was held at the University ofMichigan in honor of Sergei K. Godunov (Novosibirsk, Russia), one of the founding fathers of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). Symposium chair was Bram van Leer (Aerospace Engineering). Support for the Symposium came largely from the Air Force and the National Science Foundation. The Godunov Symposium brought together 107 CFD experts of all ages from 13 countries, including 50 students and postdocs. Three sessions of half hour presentations by fourteen invited speakers gave an overview of the ways in which Prof. Godunov's groundbreaking work of the fifties has permeated the methodology of computing fluid flows. The subjects ranged from semiconductor modeling to the simulation of relativistic jets emitted by active galaxies. The high point of the conference was a nostalgic lecture by Prof. Godunov himself, 'Recollections about Difference Schemes.'.