Turbulent Mixing and Beyond

International Conference

The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy

I.   Invited lectures and contributed talks on

• Turbulence: invariant and scaling, spectral properties, scalar transports
• Turbulent mixing: unsteady and multiphase flows, inhomogeneous, anisotropic non-local dynamics
• High energy density physics: light-material interaction, Z-pinches, laser-driven, heavy-ion and magnetic fusion
• Plasmas:  coupled plasmas, anomalous resistance, ionosphere
• Astrophysics: supernovae, interstellar medium, star formation, stellar interiors, early Universe, cosmic-microwave background
• Magneto-hydrodynamics: magneto-convection, magneto-rotational instability, accretion disks, dynamo
• Geophysics: turbulent convection under stratification, rotation, anisotropy
• Physics of Atmosphere: environmental fluid dynamics, forecasting
• Wall-bounded flows: structure and fundamentals, unsteady boundary layers, supersonic flows
• Combustion: dynamics of flames and fires, blast waves and explosions
• Material science: properties of materials high strain rates, dynamics at nano- and micro-scales
• Interfacial dynamics: Rayleigh-Taylor, Kelvin-Helmholtz and Richtmyer-Meshkov he instabilities of 
• Mathematical aspects of multi-scale dynamics: vortex dynamics, singularities, discontinuities, asymptotic dynamics, weak solutions, well- and ill-posedness
• Advanced numerical simulations: continuous DNS/LES/RANS, Molecular dynamics, Monte-Carlo, predictive modeling
• Experimental diagnostics: flow visualizations and control, novel optical methods and high-tech

II.  Tutorials on

• experimental diagnostics in fluids and plasmas
• computer-science aspects of numerical simulations
  

III. Poster presentations by participants

IV. Round Table Discussions