A symposium in the ASME/ASCE/SES Mechanics and Materials Conference, June 1-3, 2005

organized by Ben R. Hodges and Keh-Han Wang

Free surfaces are both a boundary condition and a subject of interest in themselves for a variety of naturally-occuring and engineering flows. The deformability of a free surface creates difficulties for models, laboratory and field studies. This session solicits contributions discussing the latest advances in understanding and studying fluid flows where a free surface plays a dynamic role.t. For further info on this special session, contact Ben Hodges.

This was a great set of sessions at McMat 2005. We had 14 presentations for 3 full sessions, representing the work of 31 researchers. There were 7 papers along with the abstracts. All the papers are on CD-ROM and I can provide copies for anyone interested.

Hopefully we can get the same participation at USCTAM 2006 in Boulder.

Symposium on Free Surface Flows

at

McMat 2005

ASME/ASCE/SES Mechanics and Materials Conference

at Lousiana State University, Baton Rouge, June 1-3, 2005

Conference web site: http://www.mcmat2005.eng.lsu.edu

Authors, presentations and papers

On Extreme Forces on Arrays of Vertical Circular Cylinders in Random Three-Dimensional Waves
Felice Arena, Diego Pavone

Wetting and Drying of Triangular Computational Cells
Lorenzo Begnudelli, Brett F. Sanders

Diffusion of Turbulent Jet under Waves Environment
Kuang-An Chang, Nobuhito Mori, Yonguk Ryu

PIV Measurements in a Rectangular Surface Jet
Soheil Gholamreza-Kashi, Robert J. Martinuzzi, Raouf E. Baddour

Propagation of Deep Water Waves through Counter- and Co-Currents
C. T. Hsu, J. Kuang, Y. K. Law

A Receding Boundary Method for Multi-Domain Free-surface Flows
Kuo-Cheng Kao, Nikolaos D. Katopodes

Validating a 3D Hydrodynamic and Sediment Transport Model in a Steep Sloping Channel
Xiaohai Liu, Wenrui Huang

Mass transport due to partially reflected waves in a two-layer fluid system
Chiu-On Ng

Modeling Propagation of Nonlinear Shallow-Water Waves Using A Volume of Fluid Method
K.H. Wang, Ziping Dai

Efficient non-hydrostatic modelling of free surface flows
Chin H. Wu, Hengliang Yuan, Doo Yong Choi

A slope-dependent disjoining pressure for Lennard-Jones liquid films
Taeil Yi, Harris Wong

Evolution of an Evaporating Liquid Film
Jin Zhang, Harris Wong

Modeling Solitary Waves Interacting with a Vertical Cylinder Using a Time-accurate Stabilized Finite Element Method
Zhengyong Zhong, K.H. Wang

A 2-D Numerical Model for Predicting Breaking and Non-Breaking Long Wave Run-Up
Hongqiang J. Zhou, Michelle H. Teng, Pengzhi Lin

This conference is also the annual conference of the ASCE Engineering Mechanics Division