Fifth Meeting: Hewitt-Reese Spring School in Modelling Multiphase Flows

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This year sadly witnessed two pioneering fluid dynamicists passing away, Prof Geoff Hewitt and Prof Jason Reese. Both Geoff and Jason made significant contributions towards mathematical modelling of multiphase flows. And both were immensely supportive of his PhD students, aspiring academics and researchers across the board.

So, in their honour, our Special Interest Group is organising the Hewitt-Reese Spring School for Modelling Multiphase Flows on May 14-15, in Strathclyde (Mathematics), Glasgow.

The Spring School is for PhD students, post-docs, academics, industry personnel  and or anyone with interest in fluid dynamics – to come together and look at the wide variety of modelling methods that may help reveal the underlying phenomena.

You may be:

  • a modeller trying to understand your modelling methods – we will cover a wide spectrum of multiphase modelling methods at all scales (Macro/ Meso/ Atomistic – and coupling methods in between!),
  • an experimentalist wishing to learn modelling methods that could help you understand the underlying phenomena,
  • interested in numerical methods, handling/ post-processing big data etc, or
  • just curious about flows in your area of work.

Key highlights:

  • 1.5 day Spring School covering a range of modelling methods for multiphase flows, including theoretical/ analytical, numerical and stability methods
  • Meet Jason’s and Geoff’s families. We will begin with tributes and also talks about their technical contributions.
  • FREE: 40 places for 1 night B&B and dinner. 5 left. SO HURRY UP! (Note: Early Career Researchers Only i.e. PhD students, Postdocs, New Academics, Travel is not covered).
  • Venue: Strathclyde University , Department of Mathematics and Statistics
  • Date: 14-15 May, 2019

Agenda

Venue: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Strathclyde, Room LT908, Livingstone Tower, 26 Richmond Street, Glasgow G1 1XN

Day 1, 14 May 2019

10:30 Coffee, Tea, Registration
11:00 Tribute to Prof. Geoff Hewitt – Dr. Martin Watson, Industry Tributes and Talks
11:10 Oil and Gas Industry Multiphase Simulator Requirements During Design – Dr. Martin Watson, Industry
11:35 Tribute to Prof Jason Reese – Dr. Matthew Borg, Edinburgh
11:45 Multiscale Flow Engineering – Dr. Matthew Borg, Edinburgh
12:10 Lunch
13:00 An experimental study of spray-induced turbulence for multiphase flows in modern engines to improve turbulence/spray modelling – Dr. Brian Peterson, Edinburgh Connecting to experiments
13:25 A kinetic theory approach to fluid flows with phase change – Dr. Livio Gibelli, Edinburgh Multiscale/ Non-continuum
13:50 An Introduction to DDFT – Rory Mills-Williams, PhD Student, Edinburgh
14:15 Molecular Modelling of Nanofluidics – Dr. Rohit Pillai, Edinburgh
14:40 Lattice-Boltzmann method for multi-phase problems – Dr. Timm Krueger, Edinburgh
15:05 Coffee Break
15:30 Droplet spreading with strong thermocapillary effects – Prof. Stephen Wilson, Strathclyde. Theoretical Methods
15:55 Depth-averaged modelling of confined bubbles – Dr. Alice Thompson, Manchester
16:20 Environmental sediment transport – Dr. David Pritchard, Strathclyde
16:45 The role of surfactants on the interfacial stability of multilayer channel flows – Dr. Anna Kaligorou, Nottingham
17:10 Modelling thick, multi-layer flows – Dr. Alex Wray, Strathclyde
17:35 Close  (Dr Alex Wray will take you to your accommodation)
19:00 Dinner at Rab Ha’s, 83 Hutcheson Street, Merchant City, GLASGOW G1 1SH

Day 2, 15 May 2019

09:30 Coffee
10:00 Stability theory and DNS approach for multiphase flows – Dr. Prash Valluri, Edinburgh DNS Methods
10:25 Parallelisation and visualisation of multiphase flow problems for DNS – Dr. David Scott, Edinburgh
10:50 How to make a splash: understanding water collection efficiency on aircraft surfaces – Dr. Radu Cimpeanu, Oxford
11:15 Immersed Boundary Methods for Solid-Fluid systems – Erich Essmann, Edinburgh
11:40 Short-cut practical model for continuum flows in a porous matrix – Luke Fulford, Edinburgh
12:05 Lunch
13:00 Open Discussion + Knowledge Exchange + Discuss your flow problem Open Discussion
15:00 Coffee + Close

 

Organisers: Timm Krueger, Alex Wray (Strathclyde) and Myself

Upcoming External Event: 4th Workshop on Advances in CFD, LB and MD Modeling of Capillary Two-Phase Flows and Experimental Validation, 16-19 May 2019, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (The Workshop precedes ICMF 2019)

A world-leading international Workshop on the latest advances in the computational modelling of the interfacial dynamics of capillary two-phase flow phenomena using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Lattice Boltzmann (LB) and Molecular Dynamics (MD) methods. In addition, experimental two-phase flow visualization techniques will presented. The Workshop is now at its 4th edition, following the first two editions in 2016 and 2017 that took place at the EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland, and the 2018 edition at Kobe University, Japan.

The international team of lecturers is as follows:

  • Prof. A. Tomiyama, S. Hosokawa and Prof. K. Hayashi (Kobe University),
  • Prof. J.R. Thome (University of Edinburgh),
  • Prof. G. Anjos and Prof. N. Mangiavacchi (State University of Rio de Janeiro),
  • Prof. P. Theodorakis (Polish Academy of Sciences) and
  • Dr. M. Magnini (Imperial College London).

Additional information can be found in the 2019 Workshop flyer

Workshop location and travel information

The Workshop will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; the exact location will be communicated soon. The end of the Workshop coincides with the beginning of the 10th International Conference on Multiphase Flow (ICMF 2019), which will take place in Rio de Janeiro on May 19th-24th, 2019. Further information about ICMF 2019 are available in the Event listed below in this page.

Workshop registration and inscription fee

The Workshop does not have any registration fee in order to promote the participation of students/researchers. When registering, participants will be invited to submit a brief personal overview of their research and interests in two-phase flow. As this is an advanced course, it is expected that participants already have a working knowledge of numerical fluid mechanics.

The registration deadline is April 1st, 2019. You are encouraged to register as soon as possible. A maximum number of 40 participants will be accepted.

The applicants will receive an email with the notification of their acceptance shortly after their registration.

The Workshop online application form can be found at the following link

Third Meeting: Barry Azzopardi Summer School in Experimental Methods and Data Analysis

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Named in honour of Prof. Barry Azzopardi, one of the greatest Experimental Multiphase Fluid Dynamicists of our time (from the University of Nottingham).

1. Opening, Tribute, Experiments and Modelling

2. Experimental Uncertainities, Design of Experiments and Volumetric PIV

3. X-Ray Tomography (as PDF file below), Electrical Tomography and Experimental Methods for Mass Transfer

X-Ray Tomography (slides)

4. Flow Visualisation, Specific Questions and Discussion

5. Future Experimental Methods


Original Announcement – The Event Has Happened Already

Join us if:

  • You are a modeller trying to validate your results
  • You are an experimentalist wishing to learn new techniques
  • You are interested in experimental methodologies, data-analysis, and error quantification.

MEET, LEARN and DISCUSS with the experts in experimental multiphase flows (both from academia, industry, and equipment manufacturers).

Key highlights:

  • 2 day Summer School covering a range of advanced laser- and impedance based and experimental methods for multiphase flows, including PIV, conductance probes, and tomography and much more!
  • Venue: Nottingham University
  • Date: 2-3 July, 2018

Agenda (This is a scrollable image):

 

Upcoming External Event: 3rd Workshop on Advances in CFD and LB Modeling of Interface Dynamics in Capillary Two-Phase Flows, Kobe (Japan), 8-12 Oct 2018.

This is an exceptionally good modelling workshop delivered by internationally acclaimed experts, running in its 3rd year.

Second meeting

The second meeting of the SIG was on 8 December 2017 at University College London.

Thanks all for a fantastic meeting. You can find all the relevant documents from the meeting here

Venue @ UCL

Ambassadors Bloomsbury

12 Upper Woburn Place

London WC1H 0HX  

http://www.ambassadors.co.uk/ambassadors

Highlights

This day-long meeting will take place at UCL and an exciting programme (see below) is being envisaged:

  • Poster with 2/3-min elevator pitch programme for early career researchers (PhD, Post-doc students and even interested MSc students/ undergrads).
  • Launch of latest version of TPLS code
  • Industry plenary talks

Confirm attendance (helps catering): https://doodle.com/poll/4az8fg2ydyk6yqr6 

Poster Presentation Details

  • Max Size: A0
  • Presentation Time at Podium: 3 mins, 2 slides maximum

We will try to fund reasonable travel to London for early career researchers (PhD students and PDRAs). We have limited funding to enable this.

All presenters (whether they need funding or not) must apply by email to multiphasetp@gmail.com,  Prof Giota Angeli  and Dr. Prash Valluri (deadline: 30 Nov 2017).

Funding can only be availed by those presenting posters. In that email they must indicate the following:


Subject: 2nd Multiphase SIG Poster – “Name” and “Affiliation”

  • Your Name:
  • Affiliation:
  • Title of your Poster:
  • If you need funding, cheapest cost of your return trip to London and indicate mode of travel (rail/ air/ road):

Note: The deadline for applications is Dec 4, 2017.

Agenda

9:30 – Tea/ Coffee/ Biscuits

9:50 – Intro + Agenda of the day

10:00 – Poster presentation set  (Morning, see below)

11:00 – Industry Talk 1: Andrew Anderson, Oxford Nanosystems “nanoFLUX: Potential applications for Microporous Coatings

11:30 – TPLS 3.0 Launch – Dr David Scott, Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre

12:00 – Lunch + Poster Viewing

13:00 – Poster Changeover

13:30 – Poster presentation set (Afternoon, see below)

14:30 – Industry Talk 2: TSI

15:00 – Tea/ Coffee

15:30 – Focus Group Report and Agenda for next meetings.

16:00 – Close

Poster Presentation Schedule

Morning presenters (3 min pitch + 2 min changeover)
A1 10:00 Dr  Zachary Falgout Edinburgh
A2 10:05 Thomas Sykes Leeds
A3 10:10 Robson Kalata Nazareth Edinburgh
A4 10:15 Daniel Theobald Leeds
A5 10:20 Ibrahim Abubakr Nottingham
A6 10:25 Jian Hui Guan Oxford
A7 10:30 Yijian Li Brunel
A8 10:35 Dr Dimitrios Tsaoulidis UCL
A9 10:40 Yunjie Yang Edinburgh
A10 10:45 Dr. Prafull Sharma​ Cranfield
A11 10:50 Dr. Aditya Karnik Imperial
A12 10:55 Dr Rashid Jamshidi UCL
A13 11:00 Dr Lachlan Mason Imperial
Afternoon presenters (3 min pitch + 2 min changeover)
P1 13:30 Adam Williams Edinburgh
P2 13:35 Dr. Prashant Agrawal Northumbria
P3 13:40 Erich Essmann Edinburgh
P4 13:45 Ali Al-Zaidi Brunel
P5 13:50 Vivian Lee Brunel
P6 13:55 Weheliye Hashi Weheliye & Teng Dong UCL
P7 14:00 Kaiqiao Wu UCL
P8 14:05 Muzammil Ali Leeds
P9 14:10 Domenico Macri UCL
P10 14:15 Dr. Aditya Karnik Imperial
P11 14:20 Dr Lachlan Mason Imperial
P12 14:25 Xinyue Jiang UCL
P13 14:30 Evita Roumpea UCL

Turbulence from angstroms to light years

Workshop on turbulence at ICTS in Bangalore, January 2018

The International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS) in Bangalore will host an exciting workshop on turbulence in January 2018 organised by Rama Govindarajan and Shravan Hanasoge. Talks will cover the spectrum from homogeneous isotropic turbulence to situations where shear breaks isotropy to turbulent convection and quantum turbulence. The workshop will be held around the Infosys-ICTS Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar Lecture Series, to be delivered by Prof. Katepalli Sreenivasan (NYU).

The application deadline is 15 October 2017 (link below). Applications from early career researchers are particularly encouraged.

Dates: 20–25 January 2018
Location: ICTS, Bangalore, India
More information: https://www.icts.res.in/discussion-meeting/taly2018

First meeting

The first official meeting of the SIG was on 4 May 2017 in Edinburgh.

The first meeting of the SIG featured an introduction to the SIG, followed by a discussion of ideas and goals, the formation of focus groups, and presentations on research challenges in multiphase flows from academia and industry.

Venue: Assembly Room (Upper Atrium), Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation (ECCI), High School Yards, Edinburgh EH1 1LZ

  • 10.00 coffee/tea
  • 10.30 “Multiphase Flows and Transport Phenomena – Perspectives and Ideas for the SIG”, Prashant Valluri (Edinburgh University), Giota Angeli (UCL)
  • 10:45 “Impact Ideas – Multiphase SIG”, YC Lee (Heriot Watt) and Chris MacMinn (Oxford)
  • 11.00 “Focus Groups – An open discussion on formation of focus groups within the SIG”, Outi Tammisola (Nottingham) and Alex Wray (Strathclyde)
  • 11.30 “Formation of Focus Groups” – 6 Focus Groups
  • 12.15 lunch
  • 13.15 “Focus Groups – mini talks/discussion”,
  • 13:45 “MEMPHIS, the largest research programme on multiphase flows – and Future” – by Omar Matar (Imperial College)
  • 14:15 “Drops and Interfacial Flows with Phase Change – Multiscale Research Challenges”, by Glen McHale (Northumbria)
  • 14.35 “Complex Drops and Inks: Industry Perspective – Merck ”,  Dan Walker (Merck)
  • 15.00 coffee/tea
  • 15.15 “Dispersed multiphase flows – Current challenges”, by John Shrimpton (Southampton University)
  • 15.35 “Dust particle dispersions: Industry perspective and challenges – Dyson”, by Stefan Koch (Dyson)
  • 16.00 close