University of Connecticut, Mathematics

Joseph McKenna  Department of Mathematics University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 06269-3009 Office: MSB 328 Telephone: (860) 486-3989 Fax: (860) 486-4238 email: mckenna@math.uconn.edu

Qualitative study of nonlinear partial differential equations, especially those relating to periodic flexing in large flexible structures such as bridges and ships.

• (with Y. Chen) Travelling waves in a non linearly suspended beam: Some computational results and four open questions, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. London A. 355 (1997), 2175-2184
• (with A.R. Champreys) On solitary waves of preceurse linear suspended beam model, Nonlinearity 10 (1997), 1763-1782
• (with Y. Chen) Numerical variational methods for approximating travelling waves in a non-linearly suspended beam, J.D.E. 136 (1997), 325-255
• (with W. Reichel and W. Walter) Symmetry and multiplicity results for nonlinear elliptic differential equations with boundary blow-up, Nonlinear Analysis, Theory, Methods and Applications 28 (1997), 1213-1223
• (with A.C. Lazer and Y.S. Choi) Some remarks on a singular elliptic boundary value problem, Nonlinear Analysis, TMA 32 (1998), 305-314
• (with A.C. Lazer) On singular boundary value problems for the Monge Ampere operator, J. Math. Anal. and Applic. 197 (1996), 341-362

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