Integrating CFD and Experiments in Aerodynamics
Travel and Hotels
The conference will be held in the Kelvin Gallery at the University of Glasgow. This hall has been refurbished in recent years to combine a striking modern design with the original features of the Gothic hall, together with modern facilities for speakers. The conference banquet will be held on the Monday evening in the atmospheric setting of the Randolph Hall close to the spire in the main building.
The University is located about 2 miles west of the ciy centre and is served by good transport links (buses and a metro system). Glasgow international airport is 7 miles away and Prestwick International Airport has a good train connection with the city centre. In addition to British Airways, British Midland and several other airlines, Ryan Air and Easyjet provide connections with several cities around mainland Europe and the UK at reasonable cost and there are direct flights from the Newark and Chicago by Continental and American Airlines. Glasgow Central station lies at the end of the West Coast main railway line and connects to Manchester and London.
A range of accommodation can be booked through the University conference and visitor centre at preferential rates. Prices range from £14 in student halls to special rates at the Hilton. Detailed options will be provided with the second mailing and will be posted on the conference web pages.
Glasgow provides easy access to the beautiful scenery of the West Highlands, with Loch Lomond less than half an hour’s drive north from the University and beyond that Glen Coe and the roads to Argyll and the Isle of Skye. Edinburgh is about thirty miles east of Glasgow and is connected by a regular train service.
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Integrating CFD and Experiments in Aerodynamics
8th/9th September, 2003
Kelvin Gallery, University of Glasgow.
An international symposium to celebrate the career of Bryan E. Richards
Background
Bryan Richards retires in September, 2003 following forty years of research and teaching in aerodynamics.
His career has involved both experimental work at Imperial College and Von Karman Institute and CFD at University of Glasgow. The symposium is dedicated to the important topic of how to use CFD and experiments towards the goal of improved understanding of aerodynamics. It is intended to bring together international experts in these fields to look forward to new ways of integrating the two disciplines, and in the process celebrate the varied contributions of Bryan Richards to aerodynamics.
Scientific Rational
CFD practitioners and experimentalists have a common goal of understanding aerodynamics. It is therefore surprising that the disciplines often only interact for the validation of CFD. This provides a very limited form of integration but often there is no interaction between the experimentalist and the CFD practitioners. This situation is unsatisfactory from many points of view including (a) the need to have an appreciation of the flow before deciding what should be measured, (b) the desirability of having checks in place on the experimental measurements as they are taken, (c) the difficulty in making certain important measurements, (d) the need to assess the influence of the experimental techniques on the measurements, (e) the ability of CFD to provide detailed flow information and sensitivity at a reasonable cost for some cases, (f) the large cost of CFD calculations for other cases, and (g) the lack of credibility for the CFD results for some flow categories. It could be argued that the process of aerodynamic investigation would be significantly enhanced if the integration of CFD and experiments was much stronger. In particular, the design and reliability of experiments could be significantly enhanced by CFD, the scope of experimental measurements extended through CFD and the credibility of the simulation results enhanced by the availability of suitable measurements from experiments. This sort of closer integration is however rare. The aim of the symposium is to bring together leading researchers from both fields to initiate more careful consideration of these issues and to stimulate new ways of approaching aerodynamic studies.
Key Dates
August, 2002 First announcement
January, 2003 Second announcement
31st March, 2003 Deadline for abstract submission
31st May, 2003Notification of acceptance
1st Sept, 2003Submission of papers
8-9 Sept, 2003Symposium
Local Organisers
Dr Ken Badcock, Dr George Barakos
Department of Aerospace Engineering,
University of Glasgow,
Glasgow, G12 8QQ.
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Scientific Committee
Prof Ning Qin,
College of Aeronautics,
University of Cranfield.
Prof Daniel Favier,
LABM,
University of Marseilles.
Prof Richard Hillier,
Department of Aeronautics,
Imperial College.
Organisation
The meeting will be held over two days with four main sessions. These will be led by an invited lecture from a prominent researcher in the field and will be followed by contributed talks. The four sessions are on the following themes:
- Experimentalist’s requirements from CFD, Invited speaker, Prof Jean Delery, ONERA
- CFD requirements from experiments, Invited speaker, Prof Gerard Degrez, VKI
- Examples of integrated CFD-experimental studies, Invited speaker, Mr Trevor Birch, QinetiQ
- Future perspectives on closer integration chaired by Dr Michael Henshaw, BAE SYSTEMS.
Contributed Talks
Contributed talks are requested in any of the four subject areas. One page abstracts should be sent to the local organisers below, preferably by email. Proceedings of the invited and contributed talks will be produced on a CD after the conference and a collection of selected papers may be offered for publication in a suitable journal. The registration fee for the 2 day meeting, including all refreshments and a ticket for the conference banquet, is £50.