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• [511] Biomechanics of Human Motion. New Frontiers of Multibody Techniques for Clinical Applications

  Date:	March 2011
  Location:	Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal
  Contact:	Chairperson: Prof. Jorge A.C. Ambrosio IDMEC- Instituto Superior Tecnico Av. Rovisco Pais 1 1049-001 Lisbon Portugal phone: +351 2184 17680 fax: +351 2184 17915 email: Jorge@dem.ist.utl.pt Co-Chairperson: Prof. Frans van der Helm Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Prof. Andrés Kecskemethy University Duisburg-Essen, Germany

• [513] Dynamics of non-spherical particles in fluid turbulence

  Date:	Postponed to April 2011
  Location:	Udine, Italy
  Contact:	Chairperson: Prof. Helge I. Andersson Department of Energy and Process Engineering Norwegian University of Science and Technology 7491 Trondheim Norway Phone: +47 73 59 35 56 Fax: +47 73 59 34 91 Email: helge.i.andersson@ntnu.no Co-Chairperson: Prof. Alfredo Soldati Dipartimento di Energetica e Macchine Universita di Udine Udine 33100, Italy Email: soldati@uniud.it
  Information:	Dynamics of non-spherical particles in fluid flow are encountered both in nature and in industrial applications, e.g. airborne solid particles or aerosols, carbon nanotubes, micro-organisms like phytoplankton, sediment-laden flows and wood-fibre suspensions. The scope of the colloquium includes both studies and modeling of the dynamical behaviour of non-spherical particles as well as the modulation of the turbulence field brought about by the particles. The focus will be on generic aspects and physics of particulate turbulent flows, be it computer simulations, laboratory or field measurements, and theoretical studies. Among the topics to be included are particle dynamics in free and wall-bounded turbulence, fluid-particle interactions, collision modelling, agglomeration, advances in measurement and simulation techniques, and rheological modelling.

• [516] Nonsmooth contact and impact laws in mechanics

  Date:	6 July 2011 - 8 July 2011
  Location:	Grenoble, France
  Contact:	Chairperson: Prof. Bernard Brogliato INRIA Grenoble Rhone-Alpes Inovallée 655 avenue de l'Europe Montbonnot 38 334 Saint Ismier Cedex France Phone: +33 476 61 53 93 Fax: +33 476 61 52 52 Email: bernard.brogliato@inrialpes.fr Co-chairpersons: Prof. Christoph Glocker IMES - Center of Mechanics Tannenstrasse 3 ETH Zentrum, CLA J 23.1 CH-8092 Zurich Switzerland Phone: +41 1 632 5121 Fax: +41 1 632 1145 Email: glocker@imes.mavt.ethz.ch Prof. Caishan Liu State Key Laboratory for Turbulence and Complex Systems College of Engineering Peking University Beijing China, 100871 Email: liucs@pku.edu.cn
  Information:	The general scope of the colloquium is impact phenomena in mechanical systems, with an emphasis on unilateral geometric constraints. Mechanical systems subject to nons-mooth contact laws still present many interesting scientific challenges in the Mechanical Engineering community, with more and more applications in other fields (computer graphics, haptic interfaces, control systems, granular materials, robotics, machine dynamics, etc) and in industry (aerospace, deep drilling, automotive systems, energy production, etc). The focus will be put on: 1) modeling (especially multiple impacts). 2) numerical analysis (time-stepping and event-driven methods, iterative methods solvers for complementarity problems and generalizations). 3) stability and control of non-smooth mechanical systems. 4) bifurcation analysis.

• [521] Biomedical Flows at Low Reynolds Numbers

  Date:	29 August 2011 - 31 August 2011
  Location:	ETH Zurich, Switzerland
  Contact:	Chairpersons: Prof. Leonhard Kleiser and Prof Thomas Rösgen Institute of Fluid Dynamics ML-H36 ETH Zurich 8092 Zurich Switzerland phone +41-44-632-2648 fax +41-44-632-1147 Email: kleiser@ifd.mavt.ethz.ch Co-Chairperson: Prof. Timothy J. Pedley Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics University of Cambridge Cambridge CB3 0WA England Email: T.J.Pedley@damtp.cam.ac.uk Website
  Information:	Research on biomedical and biological flow systems has become a well-established topic within fluid dynamics. While many groups are studying flow problems at moderate to large Reynolds numbers, e.g. cardiovascular flows, research on flows at low Reynolds numbers is less commonly found, although they are highly relevant to medicine and biology. Typical low-Reynolds-number biomedical and biological flow systems may include flow in the lower airways, cerebrospinal fluid flow, flows in the eye and the inner ear (balance sense, hearing), microcirculation and red blood cell transport, propulsion and collective behaviour of micro-organisms, and biomedical micro-devices (e.g. filters, pumps, micro-robots). The Colloquium intends to bring together researchers from groups throughout Europe working on low-Reynolds-number biomedical and biological flows. Theoretical, computational as well as experimental contributions will be considered.

• [522] Recent Trends in Optimization for computational Solid Mechanics

  Date:	October 2011
  Location:	Erlangen/Nuremberg, Germany
  Contact:	Chairperson: Prof. Paul Steinmann University Erlangen/Nuremberg Erlangen, Germany Email: paul.steinmann@ltm.uni-erlangen.de Co-chairpersons: Prof. Ole Sigmund Department of Mechanical Engineering Section for Solid Mechanics Technical University of Denmark Building 404, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark Phone: (+45) 4525 4256 Fax: (+45) 4593 1475 E-mail: sigmund@mek.dtu.dk
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• [523] Ecohydraulics: linkages between hydraulics and ecological processes in rivers

  Date:	June-July 2011
  Location:	GEOLAB University Blaise Pascal Clermont-Ferrand, France
  Contact:	Chairperson: Prof. Wim S.J. Uijttewaal Environmental Fluid Mechanics section Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences Postbox 5048, 2600 GA Delft The Netherlands Email : w.s.j.uijttewaal@tudelft.nl Co-chairpersons: Dr. Johannes Steiger

• [525] Instabilities and transition in three-dimensional flows with rotation

  Date:	June 2011
  Location:	École centrale de Lyon, France
  Contact:	Chairperson: Prof. Benoît Pier and Prof. Fabien Godeferd Laboratoire de mécanique des fluides et d'acoustique CNRS-Université de Lyon École centrale de Lyon 36 avenue Guy-de-Collongue F-69134 Lyon, France Email: benoit.pier@ec-lyon.fr Email: fabien.godeferd@ec-lyon.fr Co-chairpersons: Prof. Nigel Peake

• [526] Patterns in soft magnetic matter

  Date:	March 2011
  Location:	Dresden, Germany
  Contact:	Chairperson: Dr. habil. Adrian Lange Chair Magnetofluiddynamik Institute of Fluid Mechanics TU Dresden D-01062 Dresden, Germany Email: adrian.lange@tu-dresden.de Co-chairpersons: Dr. Sofia Kantorovich

• [527] Shell-like Structures – Nonclassical Theories and Applications

  Date:	August 2011
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  Contact:	Chairperson: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holm Altenbach Lehrstuhl Technische Mechanik Zentrum für Ingenieurwissenschaften Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg Kurt-Mothes-Str. 1 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany Email: holm.altenbach@iw.uni-halle.de Co-chairpersons: Prof. Victor A. Eremeyev

• [529] Cardiovascular Fluid Mechanics

  Date:	27 June 2011 - 29 June 2011
  Location:	Cagliari, Italy
  Contact:	Chairperson: Prof. Giorgio Querzoli Dipartimento di Ingegneria del Territorio, Università di Cagliari Via Marengo 3 09123 Cagliari, Italy Email: querzoli@unica.it Co-chairpersons: Dr. Philip J. Kilner CMR Unit, Royal Brompton Hospital London SW3 6NP Tel.: +44 (0)20 7351 8808 Phone: +44 207 351 8808 Fax: +44 207 351 8816 Email: p.kilner@rbht.nhs.uk Prof. Gianni Pedrizzetti Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale, Piazzale Europa, 1, 34127 TRIESTE, Italy Tel.: +39 040 5587875 Fax: +39 040 572082 E-mail: giannip@dica.units.it  Website
  Information:	The application of physical, mathematical and engineering concepts to the improvement of clinical practice is a challenging task. This meeting aims to bring together researchers from different fields of cardiovascular fluid dynamic research with the goal of characterizing and advancing work that addresses real clinical needs. Topics include: fluid dynamics of the heart, large arteries and microcirculation, effect of prosthesis and surgical procedures on flow, multi-scale models and networks. Presentations are expected to cover theoretical aspects, computational models, and experimental techniques, including clinical measurements and interfacing with medical imaging. Discussions are planned towards improved interaction with clinical researchers.

• [530] Structural Control and Energy Harvesting

  Date:	25 July 2011 - 27 July 2011
  Location:	University of Bristol, UK
  Contact:	Chairperson: Dr. Simon Neild Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Bristol Queen's Building University Walk Bristol, BS8 1TR, UK Email : Simon.Neild@bristol.ac.uk Co-chairpersons: Prof. Dan Inman University of Bristol Prof. Paolo Ermanni ETH Zurich
  Information:	The scope of the colloquium is low-power vibration suppression. This covers topics within the fields of structural control and energy harvesting. For example, the use of active and semi-active devices, such as piezoelectric actuators and magneto-rheological dampers for vibration suppression will be covered. Also, control strategies for shape-changing and harvesting energy from vibration, solar and thermal sources will be topics for discussion. A key theme will be the possibility of providing structural control or remote feedback sensing for control using harvested energy. For example, topics such as energy efficient control strategies and control with minimal sensor input will be encouraged.

• [531] Vortices and waves: identifications and mutual influences

  Date:	June 2011
  Location:	Moscow, Russia
  Contact:	Chairperson: Prof. Yuli D. Chashechkin Institute for Problems in Mechanics of the Russian Academy of Sciences 101/1 prospect Vernadskogo Moscow, 119526,RUSSIA, Email: chakin@ipmnet.ru Co-chairpersons: Prof. Xavier Carton