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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

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

An exciting opportunity to learn more from industry!

Date: 11 Dec 2018

Venue: Merck, Southampton

Agenda: UKFN SIG Meeting_Chilworth_Latest

Acknowledgements:

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

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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

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

• No registration fee! Registration is limited to 30 participants, so do not wait.
• Ideal for phds, post-docs, etc. Register here.
• Features theoretical lectures each morning and hands-on sessions with numerical codes in the afternoons. More info here.
• The international team of lecturers is as follows: Prof. A. Tomiyama, Prof. S. Hosokawa and Prof. K. Hayashi (Kobe University), Prof. T. Seta (Toyama University),
  Prof. J.R. Thome (EPFL), Prof. G. Anjos (State University of Rio de Janeiro) and Dr. M. Magnini (Imperial College London).
• The lectures/course are given in English.

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