Interfaces
and interfacial mixing and their dynamics and kinetics impact nearly
every area of science, mathematics and engineering.
Topics
relevant to the Exploration Conference include:
Theory – (THE) – group theory based
methodologies; conservation laws, boundary value problems, symmetries and self-similarity; stochastic
processes.
Experiment – (EXP) – experiments
in fluids, plasmas, materials; methods of diagnostics and control; analysis of data and statistics of
residuals.
Simulations
– (NUM) – Eulerian methods (FTM, LSM, DNS, LES, RANS, SGSM);
Lagrangian methods (MD, MCM, LB, SPH); V&V.
Fluid Instabilities
and Interfacial Mixing – (MIX) – mechanisms of interface stabilization and de-stabilization; scale coupling and interfacial mixing at micro- and macro- scales.
Turbulence
and Turbulent Mixing – (TUR) – turbulence, turbulent convection and mixing, shock-turbulence interactions; anomalous
scaling, intermittency and reconnection.
Realistic Environments – (REN) – turbulent processes in atmosphere, ocean and space; turbulent convection and interfacial mixing in
stellar and planetary interiors.
Astrophysical Plasmas
– (AST) – supernovae and evolution of stars and interstellar structures; magneto-hydrodynamics.
High
Energy Density Plasmas – (HEDP) – plasma fusion; light-matter interaction, radiation and equation of state.
Canonical Plasmas – (PLA) – magnetic reconnection and particle-fields interaction; plasma discharge.
Interfacial
Processes – (INT) – physics and chemistry of interfaces; formation of phases; multiphase kinetics and dynamics.
Reactive Dynamics
– (COM) – energetic materials; reactive and supercritical fluids; detonations, explosions and blasts.
Matter at the Extremes – (MS) – materials processing and transformation; micro-fluidics; nano- fabrication.