ERCOFTAC – EDRFCM 24

ERCOFTAC Drag Reduction and Flow Control special interest group (SIG 20) is pleased to announce the next European Drag Reduction and Flow Control Meeting (EDRFCM 2024) at Castello del Valentino, Turin (Torino), Italy under the patronage of the Politecnico di Torino.

Subjects

All laminar & turbulent drag reduction and flow & noise control studies, including: riblets, surface roughness, porous surface, compliant walls, polymer & surfactant additives, synthetic jets, super-hydrophobic surfaces, flexible structures, wall oscillations, travelling waves, flow separation control, plasma flow control, electro-magnetic control and machine learning.

Meeting Venue

The meeting will be held at Castello del Valentino, a beautiful late-medieval palace and UNESCO world heritage site, which is located in the homonymous park in the city centre and along the Po river. The city of Turin (Torino) features magnificent examples of Italian baroque and liberty architecture and is the gateway to the western Italian Alps and to the picturesque Langhe and Monferrato countryside areas.

Keys Dates

Abstract submission deadline: 10 June 2024 

Notification of acceptance: 24 June 2024

Organisers:

Jacopo Serpieri, Politecnico di Torino

Kwing-So Choi, University of Nottingham

Registration

The registration fee is expected to be around 380€ (reduced to 340€ for ERCOFTAC members), which includes lunch, coffee and tea over the 4-day meeting and a Book of Abstract. It also includes a ticket to a banquet to be held on the second evening of the meeting.

Scholarships

We encourage the attendance of PhD students and young researchers. Limited funding is available to cover the registration fees. Applications for a scholarship can be made by sending an e-mail to the meeting organisers with a support letter from the supervisor.

Submission

Abstracts shall be maximum 2 pages long and shall be formatted according to the template.

Submission link soon available.