Advances in Theory and Practice of Computational Mechanics

Chapter 1. Advances in Computational Study of Dynamic Systems.- Part I: COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS.- Chapter 2. Mathematical Modeling of the Problem of Magneto-aero-elastic Stability of Rectangular Plate.- Chapter 3. Calculation of Heat Transfer at the Front of an Aircraft during Hypersonic Flight.- Chapter 4. Some Features of DG Method Application for Solving Gas Dynamics Problems.- Chapter 5. Using the CFD Code hySol to Calculate High-speed Flows.- Chapter 6. Mathematical Modeling of Spots Chain Dynamics in Fluid.- Chapter 7. Simulation of Flows near Wings with Supersonic Edges.- Chapter 8. 3-D Quasi-Conformal Mappings and Generalization of Axisymmetric Case.- Chapter 9. Direct Numerical Simulation of Two-dimensional Turbulence and Investigation of the Boundary Conditions Influence on the Energy Cascade Formation.- Chapter 10. Numerical Modeling of Non-Stationary Flow Near Lateral Surface of the Descent Module in Martian Atmosphere for Wide Range of Attack Angles.- Part II: NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROCESSES IN GASES AND LIQUIDS.- Chapter 11. Probe Diagnostics of Rarefied Plasma Flows from Magnetoplasmodynamic Engines.- Chapter 12. Numerical Simulation of Combustion Wave Propagation in a Black Powder Charge using a Two-Fluid Model.- Chapter 13. Unconventional Trajectories of Meteoroids in the Earth's Atmosphere.- Chapter 14. Mathematical Modeling of Dynamic and Optical Effects in Ionospheric Experiments Using an Explosive Chemical Generator.- Chapter 15. Numerical Study of the Perturbed Region Produced by a Heating Facility in the Lower Ionosphere.

Dr. Margarita N. Favorskaya is Professor and Head of Department of Informatics and Computer Techniques at Reshetnev Siberian State University of Science and Technology, Russian Federation. She is Member of KES organization since 2010, IPC Member and Chair of invited sessions of over 30 international conferences. She serves as a reviewer in international journals (Neurocomputing, Knowledge and Soft Data Paradigms, Pattern Recognition Letters, Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence), Associate Editor of Intelligent Decision Technologies Journal, International Journal of Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Engineering Systems, International Journal of Reasoning-based Intelligent Systems, Honorary Editor of the International Journal of Knowledge Engineering and Soft Data Paradigms, Reviewer, Guest Editor, and Book Editor (Springer). She is the author/co-author of 200 publications and 20 educational manuals in computer science/engineering. She co-authored/co-edited more than twenty books for Springer recently. She supervised nine Ph.D. candidates and presently supervising four Ph.D. students. Her main research interests are digital image and videos processing, remote sensing, pattern recognition, fractal image processing, artificial intelligence, smart systems design and information technologies.