Publications: Sanjeeva Balasuriya
Research articles
Balasuriya, S. Locating hyperbolic entities after non-autonomous perturbations, submitted, (2008)..
Balasuriya, S. and Volpert, V.A. Wavespeed analysis: approximating Arrhenius kinetics with step-function kinetics, Combustion Theory and Modelling in press, (2008). pdf
Balasuriya, S. Separatrix splitting under high-frequency non-smooth perturbations, Dynamics of Continuous, Discrete and Impulsive Systems, Series A -- Mathematical Analysis 14, 333-343 (2007).
Balasuriya, S., Gottwald, G., Hornibrook, J. and Lafortune, S. High Lewis number combustion wavefronts: a perturbative Melnikov analysis, SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics 67, 464-486 (2006/2007). pdf
Balasuriya, S. Cross-separatrix flux in time-aperiodic and time-impulsive flows, Nonlinearity 19, 2775-2795 (2006). pdf
Balasuriya, S.
Approach for maximizing chaotic mixing in micro-fluidic devices,
Physics of Fluids 17, Art. 118103 (2005).
pdf
[Also selected for compilation in
Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology
12, Issue 22 (November 28, 2005)]
Balasuriya, S. Direct chaotic flux quantification in perturbed planar flows: general time-periodicity, SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems 4, 282-311 (2005). pdf
Balasuriya, S. Optimal perturbation for enhanced chaotic transport, Physica D 202, 155-176 (2005).
Balasuriya, S. An analytical study of general hyper-diffusivity and barotropic eddies, Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics 98, 39-62 (2004). pdf [Top 10 Downloads from GAFD ]
Balasuriya, S., Mezic, I. and Jones, C.K.R.T. Weak finite-time Melnikov theory and 3-D viscous perturbations of Euler flows, Physica D 176, 82-106 (2003).
Balasuriya, S. Gradient evolution for potential vorticity flows, Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics 8, 253-263 (2001). pdf
Balasuriya, S. and Jones, C.K.R.T. Diffusive draining and growth of eddies, Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics 8, 241-251 (2001). pdf
Sandstede, B., Balasuriya, S., Jones, C.K.R.T. and Miller, P.D. Melnikov theory for finite-time vector fields, Nonlinearity 13, 1357-1377 (2000). pdf
Balasuriya, S. Lifetime and illness in almost deterministic maps, Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications 235, 274-294 (1999). pdf
Balasuriya, S., Jones, C.K.R.T. and Sandstede, B. Viscous perturbations of vorticity-conserving flows and separatrix splitting, Nonlinearity 11, 47-77 (1998). pdf
Balasuriya, S. Vanishing viscosity in the barotropic beta-plane, Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications 214, 128-150 (1997). pdf
Education-related
Balasuriya, S. Teaching time-savers: reacting to analysis, MAA Focus (newsmagazine of the Mathematical Association of America) 28, 4: 8--9 (April 2008). [Link to magazine ]
Balasuriya, S. Planar Coordinate Geometry, iv+143pp, 209 problems, ISBN 955-96996-0-X (Sampath Printing Industries, Kadugannawa, Sri Lanka, 1998).
For request of preprints or reprints which are not available for downloading from this page, please email Sanjeeva Balasuriya.