September 9, 2009

Speaker: Dr. B. N. Narahari Achar

Title: Fractional calculus Approach to Theory of Viscoelasticity

Abstract: A fractional calculus theory of viscoelasticity is developed from a microscopic point of view based on a lattice dynamical model of fractional oscillators. The continuum limit leads to a fractional diffusion-wave equation, which is solved. Energy flow and dissipation are discussed.