The dynamics of viscous fibers [Elektronische Ressource] / Satyananda Panda

The Dynamics of Viscous FibersSatyananda PandaVom Fachbereich Mathematikder Technischen Universit at Kaiserslauternzur Verleihung des akademischen GradesDoktor der Naturwissenschaften(Doctor rerum naturalium, Dr. rer. nat.)genehmigte DissertationReferent: Prof. Dr. Axel KlarKoreferent: Prof. Dr. Andreas UnterreiterTag der Disputation: 21.03.2006D 386AcknowledgmentsI would like to express my sincere gratitude to Prof. Dr. Axel Klar for his support,guidance and encouragement. I am highly indebted to Prof. em. Dr. Helmut Neunzertfor giving me the opportunity of doing my Ph.D. in Kaiserslautern. I extend mythanks to Prof. Dr. Andreas Unterreiter for being my co-referee.I am very grateful to Dr. Raimund Wegener for his interest in my work, continuoussupport and many helpful and valuable discussions. I am particularly indebted toDr. Thomas G otz for the useful hints and advises for the overall presentation ofthis thesis. I would like to express my sincere appreciation to Dr. Robert Fe ler forintroducing me into the topic of viscous b ers. Moreover, I am grateful to Dr. DietmarHietel for fruitful discussions about my numerical studies. Dr. Nicole Marheineke hasbeen a friend great to work with, who generously helped in reading the manuscript.Special thanks go to Dr. Sudarshan Tiwari, Aleksander Grm and Ste en Blomeierfor their friendship, understanding and encouragement.