Workshops Associated with the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

HiOCFD Workshop – The International Workshop on High Order CFD (HiOCFD) Methods aims to provide an open and impartial forum for evaluating the status of high-order methods (order of accuracy > 2) in solving a wide range of flow problems, to assess the performance of high-order methods through comparison to production 2nd order CFD codes widely used in the aerospace industry with well-defined metrics, to support new research in the field of high order CFD methods by providing validation cases and aid during development and improvement of codes, to identify pacing items in high-order methods and peripheral tools that need additional research and development in order to proliferate in the CFD community, and to facilitate international collaboration and enhance mutual understanding among CFD researchers and managers in academia, government, and industries. Website: https://how5.cenaero.be/

DPW Workshop – The Drag Prediction Workshop (DPW) aims to assess the state-of-the-art computational methods as practical aerodynamic tools for aircraft force and moment prediction of industry relevant geometries, to provide an impartial forum for evaluating the effectiveness of existing computer codes and modeling techniques using Navier-Stokes solvers, and to identify areas needing additional research and development. Website: https://aiaa-dpw.larc.nasa.gov/

CFD TMP Workshop – The CFD Transition Modeling and Prediction (TMP) Workshop aims to assess the current state of the art in laminar-turbulent transition prediction in an industrial CFD environment, to determine and document best practices for transitional flow simulations, to verify transition/turbulence model implementations, and to encourage risk taking by participants to promote improvements to CFD prediction capabilities. Website: https://transitionmodeling.larc.nasa.gov/

GMGW Workshop – The Geometry and Mesh Generation Workshop (GMGW) aims to assess the current state-of-the art in geometry and mesh generation technology and software as applied to aircraft and spacecraft systems, to identify and develop understanding of areas of needed improvement (performance, accuracy, applicability) in geometry and mesh generation technology software, and to provide a foundation for documenting best practices for geometry and mesh generation. Website: http://www.gmgworkshop.com/

Workshops Associated with the International Symposium on Combustion

PTF Workshop – The Premixed Turbulent Flame (PTF) Workshop provides an open forum to discuss fundamental experimental and computational research on premixed turbulent flames. Website: https://sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/premix-turbulent-flame/16th-ptf-dublin-1

TNF Workshop – The International Workshop on Measurement and Computation of Turbulent Nonpremixed Flames (TNF) an open and ongoing international collaboration among experimental and computational researchers in turbulent combustion. The objectives are to establish an internet library of well-documented flames that are appropriate for model validation and the advancement of basic scientific understanding of turbulent combustion; to provide a framework for collaborative comparisons of measured and modeled results; and to identify priorities for further experimental and computational research. Website: https://tnfworkshop.org/

ISF Workshop – The International Sooting Flame (ISF) Workshop is organized to develop improved predictive capability of soot in flames of practical relevance through international collaboration between experimentalists and modelers. The objectives are to identify common research priorities in the development and validation of accurate, predictive models of flames with soot; to identify and coordinate well-defined target flames that are suitable for model development and validation; to establish an archive of detailed data sets of target flames with defined accuracy; and to provide a forum for the exchange and dissemination of these data. Website: https://www.adelaide.edu.au/cet/isfworkshop/

FC Workshop – The International Workshop on Flame Chemistry (FC) assembles experts in combustion chemistry, flames, kinetic modeling, engines, and diagnostics to identify the gap of knowledge and pathways for the development of predictive high pressure and low temperature flame chemistry and to establish framework of collaborative research. Website: http://www.princeton.edu/~yju/4th_flame_chemistry_workshop.html

RCM Workshop – The International Rapid Compression Machines (RCM) Workshop is a collaborative forum where experimentalists, modelers and theoreticians work synergistically to better understand the physical and chemical processes that occur within low temperature combustion regimes. Activities are undertaken to carefully characterize the behavior, capabilities, and uncertainties of existing RCM apparatuses, and to conduct analogous simulations of the experiments. Website: https://www.anl.gov/es/international-rcm-workshop

Other Related Workshops and Databases

ECN Workshop – The Engine Combustion Network (ECN) is an international collaboration among experimental and computational researchers in engine combustion. The objectives are to establish an internet library of well-documented experiments that are appropriate for model validation and the advancement of scientific understanding of combustion at conditions specific to engines; to provide a framework for collaborative comparisons of measured and modeled results; and to identify priorities for further experimental and computational research. Website: https://ecn.sandia.gov/

ICCK Workshop – The International Conference on Chemical Kinetics (ICCK) brings together investigators from universities, research laboratories, and industrial organizations to review progress and problems in theoretical and experimental chemical kinetics. Website: https://icck2019.sciencesconf.org/

IWDP Workshop – The International Workshop on Detonation for Propulsion (IWDP) brings together scientists worldwide for exchanging technical achievements and new ideas in detonation applications for aerospace propulsion. This workshop seeks to highlight the latest developments in the research area of detonation and its applications. Website: http://iwdp2018.scievent.com/

NLF Workshop – The International Workshop on Near-Limit Flames (NLF) aims to discuss the recent progress and challenges and to formulate future collaborations in theoretical, computational, and experimental studies of near limit flame dynamics. Website: http://www.princeton.edu/~yju/2nd_near-limit-flames_workshop.html

TSC Workshop – The Workshop on Measurement and Computation of Turbulent Spray Combustion (TSC) aims to stimulate progress in the understanding of turbulent spray combustion by organizing focused discussions on open problems and promising new initiatives and collaborations in this area. A long-term objective is to advance capabilities to model turbulent spray flows, both reacting and non-reacting. Website: https://wwwproxy.iwr.uni-heidelberg.de/conferences/tcs/

JHTDB Database – The Johns Hopkins Turbulence Database (JHTDB) website is a portal to an Open Numerical Turbulence Laboratory that enables access to multi-terabyte turbulence databases. The database contains space-time histories from direct numerical simulations (DNS) of isotropic turbulent flow in incompressible fluid, incompressible magneto-hydrodynamic equations, forced fully developed turbulent channel flow, homogeneous buoyancy driven turbulence, and transitional boundary layer flow. Website: http://turbulence.pha.jhu.edu/