Allen Tesdall

Department of Mathematics SMU 216 Clements Hall Dallas, TX 75275-0156 Phone: (214) 768-4907 email: atesdall at smu dot edu

Research interests:

• Multi-dimensional systems of conservation laws that change type from hyperbolic to elliptic, corresponding to supersonic or subsonic flow.
  
• Computational fluid dynamics
  
• Scientific computing
  
• Numerical analysis
  

Teaching:

Math 2339 - Spring 2007

Math 3337 - Spring 2007

Publications:

• A. M. Tesdall and J. K. Hunter, Self-similar solutions for weak shock reflection, SIAM J. Appl. Math., 63 (2002), 42-61. (PDF preprint)
  
  
• O. Kreylos, A. M. Tesdall, B. Hamann, J. K. Hunter and K. I. Joy, Interactive visualization and steering of CFD simulations, Proceedings of the Joint Eurographics and IEEE TCVG Symposium on Visualization, 25-34, eds. D. S. Ebert, P. Brunet, and I. Navazo, Association for Computing Machinery, New York, 2002. (PDF preprint)
  
  
• J. K. Hunter and A. M. Tesdall, Transonic solutions for the Mach reflection of weak shocks, in IUTAM Symposium Transsonicum IV, ed. H. Sobieczky, Kluwer-Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 2003, pp. 7-12. (PDF preprint)
  
  
• J. K. Hunter and A. M. Tesdall, Weak shock reflection, in A Celebration of Mathematical Modeling, D. Givoli, M. Grote and G. Papanicolaou, eds., Kluwer Academic Press, 2004, New York. (PDF preprint)
  
  
• A. M. Tesdall, R. Sanders, and B. L. Keyfitz, The triple point paradox for the nonlinear wave system, SIAM J. Appl. Math., 67 (2006), 321-336. (PDF preprint)
  
  
• R. Sanders and A. M. Tesdall, The von Neumann triple point paradox, Springer Journals, R. Glowinski, ed., to appear.
  
  
• A. M. Tesdall, R. Sanders, and B. L. Keyfitz, Self-similar solutions for the triple point paradox in gasdynamics, SIAM J. Appl. Math., 68, (2008), 1360-1377. (PDF preprint)