14th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference


9 - 14 DECEMBER, 2001

SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS

PROGRAM

The Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference has grown steadily from its beginning at the University of Western Australia in 1962. The conference series has traditionally covered the broad field of fluid mechanics in all engineering and scientific disciplines. It provides a forum for presentation of papers in all aspects of fundamental and applied fluid mechanics, including:

Aerodynamics Hydrodynamics Industrial flows

Combustion Aero-acoustics Wind engineering

Oceanography Atmospheric research Computational fluid mechanics

Experimental techniques Multiphase flows Non-Newtonian flows

Jets and wakes Boundary layers Gas dynamics

Hydraulics Pipe flows Ground water flows

The 14th conference will take place over five days, starting with a welcome reception on Sunday, 9th December 2001 at 2:00 pm and ending on Friday 14th at 4:00 pm. There will be no sessions on Wednesday afternoon. The conference will consist of five plenary sessions (60 minutes each), ten topical reviews (50 minutes each), oral presentations of papers (25 minutes each), discussions on special topics, and poster presentations. All papers will be selected by the Scientific Committee based on the process of peer review. Poster presentations will be accepted on the basis of a one page abstract.

INVITED PLENARY LECTURES

The following internationally renowned researchers will give plenary lectures at the conference:

1. Prof. Paul Linden, UCSD, will deliver the George Batchelor Lecture

2. Prof. Parviz Moin, CTR, Stanford: “Advances in Computational Fluid Dynamics”

3. Prof. Fazle Hussain, University of Houston: “Turbulence Structure and Vortex Interactions”

4. Prof. Marvin Goldstein, NASA Lewis Research Center: “Flow Instabilities”

5. Prof. Paul Dimotakis, CALTECH: “Laboratory and computer experiments on turbulent

mixing”

INVITED TOPICAL REVIEWS

The following internationally renowned researchers will give topical reviews at the conference:

1.  Aerodynamics: Prof. Alexander Smits, Princeton University

2.  Flow Control: Prof. Chi-Minh Ho, University of Southern California

3.  Industrial Flows: Speaker to be confirmed

4.  Rheology: Prof. David Boger, University of Melbourne

5.  Environmental Flows and Hydrodynamics: Prof. Gregory Ivey, University of Western Australia

6.  Oceanography and Geophysical Flows: Prof. Ian Young, University of Adelaide

7.  Fundamental Turbulence: Prof. William George, State University of New York at Buffalo

8.  Heat Transfer: Prof. John Patterson, James Cook University

9.  Experimental Techniques: Prof. Morteza Gharib, CALTECH

10.  Sir Ross and Sir Keith Smith Lecture: Prof. Roddam Narasimha, FRS, Indian Institute of Science

Timetable for Papers

·  April 30: Receipt of 100-200 word abstract via the website:

http://www.maths.adelaide.edu.au/cgi-bin/fluids.pl

·  May 30: Notification of acceptance of abstract and invitation to submit full paper. The format for publication will also be provided.

·  July 13: Receipt of full paper for peer review. The paper will be 4 x A4 pages in length, including figures, and will be formatted with double columns. Nine-point font should be used in Times New Roman font or equivalent.

·  September 28: Notification of acceptance of paper and provision of reviewer’s comments to be incorporated into the final version.

·  October 31: Receipt of final version of paper with registration

PARTICIPATION

The selection of presentations at the conference will be made by 14AFMC Scientific Committee based on the process of peer review of each full paper received by the strict deadline of 13 July 2001. A volume of abstracts will be available at the Conference. The full version of the proceedings will also be available at the conference, either as a bound volume or as a CD-ROM. Some conference papers will be chosen for inclusion in a special issue of a leading journal, for which details will appear subsequently, subject to the agreement of the authors.

SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS

Abstracts of 100 to 200 words should be sent as a plain text through: http://www.maths.adelaide.edu.au/cgi-bin/fluids.pl

All abstracts received will be acknowledged automatically.

REGISTRATION

Early registration and accommodation requests are recommended. Registration deadlines for participation and accommodation will be about one month before the start of the conference. The registration fee will be $580 Australian dollars for full fee paying registrants and A$290 for students. These prices include the welcoming and farewell functions, lunch and morning and afternoon tea and coffee.

ACCOMMODATION

A wide range of accommodation choices will be available from student quarters through to five star hotels. All will be located within easy walking distance of the campus.

SOCIAL FUNCTIONS

The AFMC Conference series has a tradition of informality with maximum opportunity for interaction between delegates. The social functions planned for the 14AFMC are:

·  Welcome function

·  Conference dinner at one of South Australia’s premier wineries

·  Dinner and dusk walk at Warrawong Wild Life Sanctuary: see www.warrawong.com

·  “Arts evening”

·  and “the traditional Aussie BBQ”.

These will be priced to encourage the wide participation of delegates. Details of the social program will be published on the conference web page. Accompanying visitors will be offered tours and activities in and around Adelaide.

VENUE

The conference will be held on the North Terrace Campus of the University of Adelaide. The campus is strategically located in the heart of the city and is adjacent to parklands, CBD shopping and a wide range of accommodation and entertainment venues. Details of these can be found on the conference web page.

SPONSORSHIP AND EXHIBITIONS

A broad range of technical exhibitions will also be held at the conference. The latest in commercial measuring equipment and techniques, along with commercially available computational fluid dynamics (CFD) systems will be on display. Please contact the Organising Committee if your company would like to present an exhibit.

ORGANISING COMMITTEE

Professor R.E. (Sam) Luxton Chair Dr Q. D. Nguyen Technical Program

Dr B. B. Dally Secretary Dr M. F. Lambert Technical Program

Dr G. J. Nathan Treasurer Dr J. Denier Technical Program

Professor E. O. Tuck Technical Program Dr P.V. Lanspeary Technical Program

Dr R. M. Kelso Technical Program Dr J. Mi Web Manager

CONTACT DETAILS

14th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference Tel: +61-8-8303 5397

Department of Mechanical Engineering Fax: +61-8-8303 4367

The University of Adelaide, E-mail:

SA 5005, AUSTRALIA

For Current Information see http://www.mecheng.adelaide.edu.au/14afmc/14afmc.htm