in honor of his life and contributions to Fluid Mechanics and Applied Mathematics
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Philip G. Saffman, the Theodore von Kármán Professor of Applied Mathematics and Aeronautics, Emeritus, at the California Institute of Technology, studied vortex instability and the dynamics of arrays of vortices. In particular, he looked into the phenomenon of viscous fingering, which became known as the "Saffman-Taylor Instability." This occurs when a low-viscosity fluid is injected into a higher-viscosity fluid.
PDF versions of the Symposium talk slides are now online. Links to download the slides have been added next to their respective talk titles on the Program page.
Abstracts for the Symposium talks have been added to the Program.
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The Philip G. Saffman Memorial Symposium was sponsored by the Applied and Computational Mathematics and Aeronautics Options and the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the California Institute of Technology.