9th Australasian Natural Convection Workshop

  14-15 December 2015, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia



Stability of Rotating Horizontal Convection with Mechanical Stirring
Stability Analysis of Rotating Horizontal Convection with Mechanical Stirring: This vorticity iso-surface plot for a rotating horizontal convection was taken from a paper which aimed to unlock the key dynamics and instabilities related to Antarctic circumpolar current. This 3D-DNS model highlights the buoyancy and velocity driven instabilities in such flows.
The Effect of the Forcing Temperature Profile on Horizontal Convection Flows
Horizontal Convection Flows: Close-up plot of a temperature contour overlayed with streamlines. The left panel shows the effect of Rayleigh number with linear thermal forcing at the boundary, the right panel shows the effect of different temperature profile at a fixed Rayleigh number.
Horizontal Convection Flows
Horizontal Convection: A temperature contour plot for a horizontal convective flow with a linear thermal forcing along the lower the boundary.
MHD Temperature profile
Magneto-hydro-dynamics: A natural convection temperature contour plot for a quasi-two-dimensional high-Reynolds number liquid metal flow in a horizontal duct with a strong out-of-plane magnetic field.
Stability of Rotating Horizontal Convection with Mechanical Stirring
Stability Analysis of Rotating Horizontal Convection with Mechanical Stirring: This vorticity iso-surface plot for a rotating horizontal convection was taken from a paper which aimed to unlock the key dynamics and instabilities related to Antarctic circumpolar current. This 3D-DNS model highlights the buoyancy and velocity driven instabilities in such flows.
The Effect of the Forcing Temperature Profile on Horizontal Convection Flows
Horizontal Convection Flows: Close-up plot of a temperature contour overlayed with streamlines. The left panel shows the effect of Rayleigh number with linear thermal forcing at the boundary, the right panel shows the effect of different temperature profile at a fixed Rayleigh number.
Horizontal Convection Flows
Horizontal Convection: A temperature contour plot for a horizontal convective flow with a linear thermal forcing along the lower the boundary.
MHD Temperature profile
Magneto-hydro-dynamics: A natural convection temperature contour plot for a quasi-two-dimensional high-Reynolds number liquid metal flow in a horizontal duct with a strong out-of-plane magnetic field.

About the Workshop

The Australasian Natural Convection Workshop (previously the Australian Natural Convection Workshop) series was initiated in 1984 with a focus on natural and mixed convection problems in heat and mass transfer. The workshop provides a small, informal and interactive forum for academics, researchers, and students to discuss their research findings, and the direction of future research. The workshop has previously been organised by:

  • CSIRO Highett (1984)
  • The University of New South Wales (1987)
  • Monash University (1990)
  • The University of Western Australia (1993)
  • The University of Sydney (1996)
  • Murdoch University (1999)
  • The University of Sydney (2003 and 2013)

The number of presentations have generally been limited to 15 to 20 which have covered a mix of theoretical, numerical and experimental topics. The participants have been comprised of Australasian researchers, academics and research students, with a small number of leading researchers from overseas. However, anyone with a passionate interest in natural and mixed convection is encouraged to participate in the workshop.

*Delegates may also be interested in the 11th International Conference on CFD in the Minerals and Process Industries, Melbourne, Australia, 7-9 December 2015.
Website: www.cfd.com.au/cfdconf

Noticeboard

  • Photos from the 9ANCW will be regularly uploaded to the photo stream page during the workshop.
  • The final version of this years program can be found here. Regular and Keynote Talk Durations are 18 and 60 Minutes, respectively.

  • Prof. Ross W. Griffiths and Prof. John Patterson will be presenting keynote lectures at this years 9ANCW. Click here for more information.

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