SelectedWorks - Tom Svobodny

Selected Works of Tom Svobodny

Professor Emeritus, Mathematics and Statistics

Dr. Svobodny came to Wright State in 1989 after completing a postdoctoral study at Virginia Tech. Prior to that he completed his Ph.D. in mathematics at the University of Wisconsin, specializing in applied mathematics.

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About Tom Svobodny

Dr. Svobodny came to Wright State in 1989 after completing a postdoctoral study at Virginia Tech. Prior to that he completed his Ph.D. in mathematics at the University of Wisconsin, specializing in applied mathematics.

Present	Professor Emeritus, Wright State University ‐ Mathematics and Statistics
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Applied Mathematics

Materials Science and Computational Physics

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Articles (18)

Thin liquid film morphology driven by electro-static field

Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (English Edition) (2011)

E. M. Tian, Thomas P. Svobodny and J. D. Phillips

The development of stationary patterns on a thin polymer surface subject to an electric field is studied by means of ...

Modeling and computation of pulsed laser materials processing

International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling (2007)

Thomas P. Svobodny

Pulsed laser materials processing incorporates many physical processes, the modeling of which requires disparate techniques. We focus on two closely ...

The ablation plume shock wave in a thermal gradient

43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit - Meeting Papers (2005)

Thomas P. Svobodny and Rand H. Biggers

he dynamics of tho laser ablation plume, including the shape of the plume, are understood to be important for good ...

Reacting dynamics of the laser ablation plume

41st Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit (2003)

Thomas P. Svobodny and Rand Biggers

Pulsed laser ablation of metals and oxides have been carried out under controlled conditions. Process control parameters such as laser ...

The pulsed-laser ablation plume dynamics: Characterization and modeling

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering (2002)

Thomas P. Svobodny and Rand R. Biggers

High quality thin films (100 nm to several 1000 nm) of many complex material systems such as the high temperature ...

Evolution of Mixed-State Regions in Type-II Superconductors

SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis (1998)

Chaocheng Huang and Tom Svobodny

A mean-field model for dynamics of superconducting vortices is studied. The model, consisting of an elliptic equation coupled with a ...

Magnetocaloric effect in ferromagnetic and superconducting materials

Physica Status Solidi (B) Basic Research (1998)

Thomas P. Svobodny and Z. Kalva

Computer studies are made illustrating the similarities of the interesting change of sign in the magnetocaloric effect between the vortex ...

Control of flow separation in magnetohydrodynamics

ZAMM Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik (1996)

Thomas P. Svobodny

The control of separation in a flow can be effected by specifying the surface vorticity. If one specifies the surface ...

Stability Analysis of a Model for the Defect Structure of ...

Physical Review B (1996)

Gregory Kozlowski and Tom Svobodny

Unusual microstructures of YBa2Cu3Ox (123) crystals have been observed. These structures have been shown to pass very high transport currents. ...

Stability of Growing Front of YBa(2)Cu(3)O ...

Applied Physics Letters (1995)

Gregory Kozlowski and Tom Svobodny

Distinctive microstructures of textured YBa2Cu3Ox (123) superconductors were examined by scanning electron microscopy and metallurgical microscopy. The samples were synthesized ...

Free-Boundary Problems for Potential and Stokes Flows via Nonsmooth Analysis

SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis (1995)

Srdjan Stojanovic and Tom Svobodny

A new approach to some free boundary problems of the type of jets and cavities for potential flows is introduced. ...

Optimization Problems for the Navier-Stokes Equations with Regular Boundary Controls

Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications (1993)

L. Steven Hou and Thomas P. Svobodny

We study the necessary conditions for an optimal boundary control problem associated with the stationary Navier-Stokes equations with regular controls. ...

The approximation of boundary control problems for fluid flows with ...

Computers and Fluids (1993)

Max D. Gunzburger, L. Steven Hou and Thomas P. Svobodny

The goal of a boundary control or optimization problem for a fluid flow is to achieve some desired objective by ...

Boundary Velocity Control of Incompressible-Flow with an Application to Viscous ...

SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization (1992)

Max D. Gunzberger, Lisheng Hou and Tom Svobodny

An optimal boundary control problem for the Navier-Stokes equations is presented. The control is the velocity on the boundary, which ...

Control of the wave equation at a rational point

Systems and Control Letters (1992)

Thomas P. Svobodny

The wave equation is controlled by a force at one point, which is a rational point of the interval [-1, ...

Analysis and Finite-Element Approximation of Optimal-Control Problems for the Stationary ...

Third International Conference on Mathematical and Numerical Aspects of Wave Propagation (1991)

Max D Gunzburger, L. Hou and Tom Svobodny

We examine certain analytic and numerical aspects of optimal control problems for the stationary Navier-Stokes equations. The controls considered may ...

Analysis and Finite Element Approximation of Optimal Control Problems for ...

ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis - RAIRO: Modelisation Mathematique et Analyse Numerique (1991)

M. D. Gunzburger, L. S. Hou and Tom Svobodny

Optimal control problems for the stationary Navier-Stokes equations are examined from analytical and numerical points of view. The controls considered ...

Finite element approximations of an optimal control problem associated with ...

Computers and Mathematics with Applications (1991)

M. D. Gunzburger, L. Hou and Thomas P. Svobodny

We consider finite element approximations of an optimal control problem associated with a scalar version of the Ginzburg-Landau equations of ...

Analysis and Computation of a Mean-Field Dynamo Model

Third International Conference on Mathematical and Numerical Aspects of Wave Propagation (1995)

We consider a mean-field dynamo where the α-effect and β-effect interact. The inclusion of the β term introduces a hyperbolicity ...