Chair’s Message

by James A. Liburdy, Ph.D.

Dear FED Members,I am pleased to be writing to all

of the Fluids Engineering Divisionmembers to report on some newand exciting activities within thedivision. Our goal is to helpimprove member participation bymaking it a rewarding and produc-tive part of your professional activi-ties. Currently the FED has approx-

imately 3500 members with another 4200 identified as sec-ondary division members. We also would like to continue toreach out to potentially new members to broaden out impact,to become the premier professional society for those workingin the broad areas of fluid mechanics. To this end we encour-age your comments and ideas as we move forward.

This past summer we had a rather unique event, a collocat-ed conference with the Heat Transfer Division, the AdvancedEnergy Division, and the Nanotechnology Institute, located inJacksonville, FL. The meeting was organized to allow partici-pants to attend sessions sponsored by each division, andpapers from each conference were available for all who regis-tered for any of the individual conferences. This event broughttogether people working in diverse yet highly overlappingareas and hopefully spawned many contacts and potential col-laborations for the future. The conference attracted over 750paid attendees with a truly international flair. Each conferencehad two plenary speakers, for a total of eight. For FED Dr.William K. George of Chalmers University was awarded theFreeman Scholar and presented a lecture on the effects of ini-tial and upstream conditions on turbulence shear flows, andStuart Jessup provided an historical perspective of Navalpropulsor design.

The FED is an active participant in the ASME IMECE con-ference held each November, and last year, in Boston, IMECE2008 was no exception. At Boston, FED organized twelve dif-ferent symposia or fora. Since this conference is organizedinto major Tracks, FED participated in seven different tracks,ranging from Heat Transfer, Fluid Flows and Thermal Systems,to Energy Systems, Emerging Technologies and others. The

more technically oriented IMECE, compared with the past,includes a wide range of technical events and again provides agreat opportunity for those involved in fluid mechanics toengage with other disciplines. In addition, IMECE is whereFED holds its Young Engineer Paper Contest, which has beenspearheaded by Dr. Terry Beck over the last several years.This has turned into a truly international event, with competi-tors from around the global coming to participate. This con-test is based on submitted papers by undergraduate or earlygraduate students. The papers can be part of a team projector have single authors. Typically six papers are invited to

The Fluids Engineering Division is involved in all areas of fluid mechanics,encompassing both fundamental as well as applications

Spring 2009 NewsletterJames C. Meng Editor

Chair’s Message 1

Young Engineer Paper Contest 2

FED Committee ReportsFluid Measurement & Instrumentation Technical Committee 3Computational Fluid Dynamics Technical Committee 3Fluid Applications and Systems Technical Committee 3Micro and Nano Fluid Dynamics Technical Committee 4Fluid Mechanics Technical Committee 4Multiphase Flow Technical Committee 5

FED AwardsFreeman Scholar Award 6Fluids Engineering Award 6Robert T. Knapp Award 6Lewis F. Moody Award 6S. Gopalakrishnan—Flowserve Pump Technology Award 7FLUIDS Machinery Design Award 7

Improving the Operation of a Cyclone Coupled with an Ejector by Wayne Strasser 8

Unified Two-Phase CFD Modeling of Boiling, Cavitation, and Bubble Collapse by Ray A. Berry, Richard Saurel, Fabien Petitpas 10

Conferences 12

Executive Committe 13

FED Technical Committee Chairs and Vice-Chairs 13

Administrative Committee 14

FED Honors & Awards Committee 14

Freeman Scholar Standing Committee 14

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attend IMECE and present their work,with final judging based on both the writ-ten and oral presentations, and awardsare presented at the FED Reception.Some travel support is available. Weencourage all students to consider par-ticipating in this event, the deadlinesclosely coincide with IMECE due dates.

The next FED Summer meeting isscheduled to take place August 2-5,2009 in Vail Colorado. Dr. Joel Park isthe General Chair and Dr. Mo Hosni isthe Technical Chair for the conference.At the time of writing this report over500 abstracts have been submitted andit looks to be a great conference in awonderful place. Beginning with thisconference a new format will be imple-mented for the plenary speakers. EachTechnical Committee now identifies aplenary speaker that is closely alignedwith the topical coverage of the techni-cal sessions being organized by theircommittee. The goal is to provide a

more focused forum that includes recog-nized experts in specific fields during theconference. We anticipate this new for-mat will attract recognized worldrenowned speakers and expand theoverall participation of the conference.The plenary speakers selected for theFEDSM 2009 in Vail are: Drs. RonaldAdrian (Arizona State), Clayton Crowe(Washington State), Willian Oberkampf(Sandia Lab.), Darius Modarress (Measurement Science Enterprise) and PhillippeSpalart (Boeing), with Ron Adrian being selected as this yearsFluids Engineering Award winner. Evidence that this seems to be a positive change in the format of theSummer Meeting is the large number of submitted abstracts. Also, there will be a student poster competition with cash award at Vail. I invite all to visit the conference web site at http://www.asmeconferences.org/fedsm09/

In closing I want to invite all to be

active participants in the Fluids Engineering Division. New programscontinue to emerge and we want to beresponsive to members’ needs and their new ideas. If planning to attendeither the Summer Meeting or IMECEplease plan to attend one of our sixTechnical Committees, all are welcome.Come hear what is being planned forthe future and participate as much astime and energy will allow. Alternative-ly, you are welcome to contact me orone of the Technical Committee Chairs, to discuss how to becomeinvolved. Additional information is continually updated at our web sitehttp://divisions.asme.org/FED/. �

Warm regards,James A. Liburdy, Ph.D.

Executive Committee ChairFluids Engineering Division

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Young Engineer Paper Contest

The ASME Fluids Engineering Division (FED) is again sponsoring the Young Engineer Paper (YEP) Contest for the 2009 Interna-tional Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE), November 31 – November 19, 2009, Lake Buena Vista, Flori-da, at the Walt Disney World Swan & Dolphin Hotel.

This contest may be entered by undergraduate students, recent baccalaureate engineers (i.e. graduation after April 2008),beginning graduate students (i.e. start of graduate studies after April 2008)

Contest participants first submit a 500-word abstract describing their fluids engineering research paper. This paper could be theresult of a project completed either at a university or in industry. Based on the abstract, contestants will be invited to submit a full-length (approximately 6000-word) paper. These papers will be reviewed by the FED Young Engineer Paper Contest Committee.The authors of up to five of the best papers will then be selected as finalists. Based on the recommendations of the reviewers,finalists will revise their papers to match ASME publication guidelines. The revised finalized papers will be published in the confer-ence proceedings.

Those selected as finalists will be invited to present their papers at a special session held at the IMECE Conference where selec-tion will be made for the following awards: First Place $500, Second Place $300, Third Place $200, and all other papers will receive$100 for being selected as a finalist. In addition, conference registration will be waived for the presenting author for each paperand travel expenses will be provided up to $750 per paper to help defray costs of attending the IMECE Conference. All finalistpapers will receive certificates acknowledging the First Place, Second Place, and Third Place award winners, as well as the Finalistparticipants.

Hurry, you still have time to submit an abstract!

Please visit the IMECE 2009 home page http://www.asmeconferences.org/congress09/index.cfm, click on the Submit Abstractlink on the left side of the page in the dark blue navigation bar area and follow the step by step instructions. The YEP Contest islocated in Track 10-13. If the web links are not accessible, you may also submit your abstract directly to:

Dr. Terry Beck3002 Rathbone Hall Department of Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering Kansas State University Manhattan, KS 66506-5205 Tel: 785-532-2604 Fax: 785-532-7057 Email: tbeck@ksu.edu

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Fluid Measurement and Instrumentation Technical Committee

Theodore (Ted) J. Heindel,Ph.D., FMITC Chair

The Fluids Measurementand InstrumentationTechnical Committee(FMITC) is the ASME Flu-ids Engineering Divisioncommittee devoted tomeasurement techniquesand their application to

fluid flows. The scope of the committee’sgoals include both experimental techniquedevelopment and application in academiaand industry. The primary activity of theFMITC includes development and organiza-tion of technical sessions at the FluidsEngineering Division summer meetings andthe fall IMECE meetings. Since fluid meas-urements are common to all experimental-ist, the FMITC also collaborates with otherFED technical committees in co-sponsoringtechnical sessions. The committee’s mem-bership represents a broad spectrum ofbackgrounds, including industry, govern-ment laboratories, and academia. Thetypes of measurements and instrumenta-tion include those applicable to subsonicand supersonic flows, multiphase flows,large-scale flows, microfluidic flows, andmany others. The FMITC goal is to be atthe forefront of new measurement tech-niques and to provide a forum to exchangemeasurement and instrumentation ideas,developments, and applications.

The FMITC meets at the ASME FEDSummer Meeting and at the ASME IMECEmeeting. Non-members from students toseasoned professionals are encouraged toattend these meetings, which areannounced in the respective conferenceprogram. We are continually looking fornew members to assist in, as well asdevelop new, technical sessions address-ing measurement and instrumentationissues. We also encourage those fromother ASME divisions and technical com-mittees to attend to develop collaborativetechnical sessions which extend the appli-cations of fluid flow measurement andinstrumentation to other disciplines, suchas heat transfer, bioengineering, energysystems, etc. Examples of recent technicalsessions sponsored or co-sponsored bythe FMITC include: Forum on Fluid Mea-surement Uncertainty Application, Panelon CFD/EFD Choice – A Dilemma forIndustries, Symposium on Non-InvasiveMeasurements in Single and MultiphaseFlow, Forum on Fluid Measurements andInstrumentation, and Forum on Automo-tive Flows.

If you have any questions or sugges-tions for the FMITC, please contact thechair, Ted Heindel at theindel@iastate.edu,or the vice-chair, Pavlos Vlachos at pvla-chos@vt.edu. �

Computational Fluid DynamicsTechnical Committee (CFDTC)

Richard W. Johnson, PEChair, CFDTC, IdahoNational Laboratory

This summer at the2009 FEDSM in Vail,Colorado, the CFDTC willhost its historically impor-tant symposia on newCFD algorithms, new andtraditional turbulence

modeling approaches, fluid-structure inter-action and flow-induced noise and generalCFD applications. In addition, CFDTC joinsFMTC in hosting a symposium on verifica-tion and validation in CFD. In conjunctionwith the V&V symposium, the CFDTC hasinvited Dr. Bill Oberkampf to present a ple-nary talk at the FEDSM addressing thisvery issue.

While we may view the historical areasof CFD interest as being the most fun towork with, as engineers, we must alsoengage ourselves in the perhaps not soexciting task of qualifying our CFD simu-lations for the benefit of the recipient oruser of those calculations. We need to ver-ify our CFD coding, verify our calculationsand validate our calculations. We all knowthat anybody who can run a computerapplication and click on options can pro-duce a “CFD simulation.” But how good isthat simulation? Has it been processedthrough the various procedures that weknow to be basic to its acceptability? Arewe conversant with the terminology thathas come to be generally accepted in theV&V community. How about our manage-ment? Do they know what is required toqualify a CFD calculation?

There are a number of subjects relatingto the practice of V&V that can actually bequite deep and may strain our intellectualcapacities. For instance, we would like tobe able to quantify the numerical uncertain-ty of the calculation. How do we do that? Isthere more than one way? Do we have touse 2 or more grids to do it? Also, there isa need for a quality database of experimen-tal data that can be accessed by CFD prac-titioners whose contents is comprised ofvalidation data sets that are complete andalso have a qualification pedigree, especial-ly a good uncertainty analysis. When wethen attempt to use data from the valida-tion database, we need to do better thanprovide the usual “viewgraph” norm com-

parison. That is, there should be one ormore procedures that produce some kindof numerical metric such as a confidenceinterval that quantifies the simulation ver-sus the data. Many of these procedures arestill subjects of research and improvement.You should become acquainted with themand their genesis.

If we want the (engineering) world toaccept our CFD magic as reliable approxi-mations of reality, we have to provide thepedigree or list of quality assessments thathave been performed to qualify it. We mustbe conversant with the terminology and theprocedures that comprise it. In manyregards, CFD is a mature engineering sci-ence, though we hope to be able to contin-ually improve on existing techniques. Butwe must also certify our work to our cus-tomers so that its full power can be takenadvantage of and appreciated.

We invite all to attend the plenary talkby Dr. Oberkampf who is an acknowledgedexpert in V&V and has served on a numberof task forces to develop and codify V&Vpractices and procedures. He is also in theprocess of co-authoring a book on V&Vpractices. We also invite you to participatein future V&V symposia we hope to hold atfuture FED summer meetings. �

Fluid Applications and SystemsTechnical Committee (FASTC)

S. A. Sherif, Ph.D., Chair& D. Keith Walters, Ph.D., Vice-ChairFASTC, Fluids Engineering Division

The Fluids Applications and SystemsTechnical Committee (FASTC) continueto promote the advancement and dissemi-nation of fluids engineering research andtechnologies in several wide-ranging single-and multi-disciplinary topic areas. Theseinclude such traditional disciplines as fluidpower systems, turbomachinery, automo-tive flows, and industrial and environmentalfluid mechanics, and can include less tradi-tional topics such as biological and bio-medical systems, chemical processing, orfluid vibrations and acoustics. The primaryfunction of the committee is to coordinateand organize research symposia at twomajor venues for fluids engineering—theannual ASME Fluids Engineering DivisionSummer Meeting (FEDSM) and the ASMEInternational Mechanical Engineering Con-gress and Exposition (IMECE)—as well asother FED sponsored meetings and events.Researchers and engineers from academia,industry and government are encouragedto meet and exchange information on theseand other topics through their participationin FASTC.

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The 2009 FEDSM in Vail, Colorado fea-tures two symposia and two fora spon-sored by FASTC, including the Sixth Inter-national Symposium on Pumping Machin-ery, the 16th Symposium on Industrial andEnvironmental Applications of FluidMechanics, the 21st Forum on FluidMachinery, and the Forum on AutomotiveFlows. At the 2009 IMECE meeting inOrlando, FASTC will sponsor the 18thSymposium on Industrial Flows and co-sponsor the Symposium on Turbomachin-ery Noise with the Aero/Hydro AcousticsCommittee of the Noise Control andAcoustics Division (NCAD).

One of the primary goals of FASTC for2009-2010 is to increase participation,both in the technical sessions and in thecommittee meetings. As such, we encourage all interested individuals fromacademia and industry to participate inthe FASTC activities scheduled for theannual summer and winter meetings. We also remind members and prospectivemembers that this is your committee—we welcome input and suggestions forfuture meetings. If you are interested involunteering with the committee, or if you have any questions or concerns,please don’t hesitate to contact the Chair,S.A. Sherif at the University of Florida(sasherif@ufl.edu) or the Vice Chair, Keith Walters at Mississippi State Uni-versity (walters@me.msstate.edu). �

Micro and Nano Fluid DynamicsTechnical Committee (MNFDTC)

Kendra Sharp, Chair & Prashanta Dutta, Vice-Chair,MNFDTC, Fluids Engineering Division

Most of the MNFDTC activity is cen-tered around the organization of anumber of sessions (13 last year!) at theIMECE November meetings. We arebecoming increasingly involved with theFED Summer Meeting. In addition, wehave an awards subcommittee and akeynote subcommittee assisting with orga-nizational responsibilities related to theconferences and nominations for FED-level awards. Here we include reports fromMNFDTC members in leadership roles forconference session/symposium/forumorganization or MNFDTC subcommittees.There are many opportunities for volun-teering; these symposia including awardsand keynote speakers would simply nothappen without the dedication of TCmembers! Anyone wishing to becomeinvolved with the MNFDTC can contactthe current chair, Kendra Sharp(ksharp@mne.psu.edu). The TC nowmeets at both the FED summer meetingand the IMECE meetings.

David Sinton (University of Victoria):MNFDTC Awards Subcommittee

We had many excellent papers and pre-sentations again this year at IMECE. Torecognize authors and presenters, the Flu-ids Engineering in Micro- and Nanosys-tems Symposium Technical Committeepresent one best paper and one best pres-entation award yearly. The best presenta-tion award is reserved for students and thebest paper award is for all authorsinvolved on the chosen work. The 2008symposium recognized Mr. Anmiv Prabhuof Dr. Minjun Kim’s research group (Drex-el University) as best presenter. The 2008best paper award recognized authors thefollowing authors: Srinidhi V. Murali, Xing-gao Xia, Ashish .V Jagtiani, Joan Carlettaand Jiang Zhe (University of Akron) fortheir work, “A Microfluidic Device for WearDetection in Lubricants”.Dan Maynes (Brigham Young University):Microfluidics sessions at FEDSM09

The Micro and Nano Fluid DynamicsTechnical Committee will be hosting the2nd annual Microfluidics Summer Forumas part of the ASME Fluids EngineeringDivision Summer Meeting in scenic Vail,CO from August 2-5. Six technical ses-sions devoted to nano- and microscaleflows are planned, with nearly 30 submit-ted papers. The forum is an excellentvenue for reporting the latest develop-ments in the uses of fluid mechanics forthe design and optimization of micro- andnanoscale devices for mechanical, chemi-cal and biological applications and devicesin research and industry.Prashanta Dutta (Washington State U):Microfluidics Symposium at IMECE2008Organizer: Prashanta Dutta,

Washington State UniversityCo-organizer: David Erickson,

Cornell UniversityCo-organizer: MinJun Kim,

Drexel University

The 2008 IMECE Microfluidics sympo-sium was very successful. This symposiumwas co-sponsored by the Track 10 (HeatTransfer, Fluid Flows, and Thermal Sys-tems) and Track 13 (Micro and Nano Sys-tems). In this symposium, authors pre-sented their research work ranging fromhighly theoretical to highly device oriented.The technical sessions for microfluidicsymposium started on Monday and endedon Thursday. Here are the detail break-down of sessions and technical papers.

Total number of technical sessions: 13 (2 in track 10 and 11 in track 13)

Total number of presentations: 57 (10 in track 10 and 47 in track 13)

Invited Talks: 2 �

Fluid Mechanics Technical Committee (FMTC)

Francine Battaglia, Chair& Javid Bayandor, Vice-Chair

The Fluid MechanicsTechnical Committee isdedicated to organizingand promoting technicalactivities within ASMErelated to fluid mechan-ics. Members of the

FMTC volunteer their serves to develop,organize and promote symposia and paneldiscussions on fundamental and contem-porary topics relevant to the researchcommunity. Often, these platforms areheld twice per year at the InternationalMechanical Engineering Congress &Exposition (IMECE) and Fluids Engineer-ing Division (FED) Summer Meeting.

The FMTC is pleased to announce thatProf. Mory Gharib, the Hans W. LiepmannProfessor of Aeronautics and Professor of Bioengineering at Caltech, will be a plenary speaker at the 2009 Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting to be held in Vail, CO this August. For further information about the meeting and plenary speakers, please visitwww.asmeconferences.org/FEDSM09/

To coincide with the annual confer-ences, the FMTC holds a business meet-ing at the IMECE and FED events. Elec-tion of the FMTC officers was held at the2008 FED Summer Meeting in Jack-sonville, FL, after which the officers servea two-year term (2008-2010). During thebusiness meeting held at the 2008 IMECEin Boston, MA, the FMTC memberspassed a motion to allow only two formattypes when authors submit abstracts formeeting presentations. Beginning withthe 2009 IMECE, authors will have theoption of either submitting a full technicalpaper for presentation, which will also bereviewed and published in the proceed-ings, or giving a presentation only(abstract but no paper). We hope theseoptions will promote and encourage moreauthor participation in the sessions spon-sored by the FMTC.

During the last few years, we havewatched the membership of the FMTCgrow to include involvement from gradu-ate students, postdoctoral research associ-ates, and junior faculty members. Theinfusion of new members helps the FMTCsustain our professional activities. Withoutthe support and dedication of the FMTCmembers, we would not be able to offerthe variety of technical sessions held atthe annual conferences.

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We cordially invite you to join the FMTC.If you are interested in joining, please eithercome to one of the annual business meet-ings or contact either Francine Battaglia(fbattaglia@vt.edu) or Javid Bayandor(javid.bayandor@rmit.edu.au). We hope tosee you in Vail this summer. �

Multiphase Flow Technical Committee

Malcolm J. Andrews,Ph.D., MFTC Chair

The main goals of theMultiphase FlowTechnical Committeeare to broaden the par-ticipation in the ASMEactivities of engineersand scientists from dif-ferent fields of multi-

phase flow and particle technology, par-

ticularly young professionals, and toincrease the interaction with other pro-fessional societies from the US andabroad. Another important objective isto maintain the high quality of thepapers presented and published in theASME Proceedings and the Journal ofFluids Engineering. A special emphasisis given to symposia on emerging areasof research.

This issue FED Newsletter has twointeresting articles about leading edgemultiphase flows from members of ourMFTC, we hope you enjoy.

The committee takes an active role inthe FED summer fluids (FEDSM09) andASME winter meeting (IEMCE09), withsummer 2009 having five major interna-tional Symposia/Fora namely, “11thInternational Symposium on Liquid-SolidFlows”, “11th International Symposiumon Gas-Liquid Two-Phase Flow”, “12thInternational Symposium on Gas-Parti-

cle Flows”, “9th International Sympo-sium on Numerical Methods for Multi-phase Flows”, and “44th Cavitation andMultiphase Flow Forum.” In addition,the MFTC is sponsoring a new andexciting Fora at the FEDSM09 titled“MULTIPHASE PROCESSES IN GEO-PHYSICAL AND ENVIRONMENTALFLOWS” with such distinguished speak-ers as Professors Tony Maxworthy (USC)and Gary Parker (UIUC), and over 20submissions to-date.

Although we might be the oldest FED Technical Committee, we arealways pleased to welcome new andactive members. Please feel free to contact the chair, Malcolm Andrews at mandrews@lanl.gov, or the vice-chair, Mark Duignan at mark.duignan@srnl.doe.gov.

http://divisions.asme.org/FED/Multiphase_Flow.cfm

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Freeman Scholar Award

Timothy O’Hern, Ph.D.Chair, Freeman Scholar ProgramFluids Engineering Division

The Freeman Scholar Award isawarded biennially for an application offluids engineering. The recipient of theaward must present a lecture in theFEDSM annual meeting and write acomprehensive review article for theJournal of Fluids Engineering. We hadtwo awardees in 2007, Dr. Bill George,who presented an excellent, well-attend-ed and thought-provoking lecture at theFEDSM-2008 in Jacksonville FL and weare looking forward to hearingDr.Joseph Klewicki’s lecture at FEDSM-2009 in Vail, CO and read his reviewarticle in the JFE.

The members of the Freeman ScholarAward committee are: Dr. StathisMichaelides (chair), Dr. Timothy O’Hern,and Dr. David Stock (members). Nomi-nations will be sought for the 2010Award in the Fall of 2009. Details willbe posted during the summer of 2009at: http://www.asme.org/Governance/Honors/SocietyAwards/18th_Freeman_Scholar_Program.cfm

Adiel Guinzburg, Ph.D.Honors & Awards Chair

Fluids Engineering Award

The Fluids Engineering Award is con-ferred upon an individual for outstand-ing contributions over a period of years tothe engineering profession and in particu-lar to the field of fluids engineeringthrough research, practice or teaching.The recipient of the 2008 Fluids Engineer-ing Award is Ching-Jen Chen, Professor atFlorida State University. Prof. Ching-JenChen received a diploma in MechanicalEngineering from Taipei Institute of Tech-nology in 1957 and came to the UnitedStates in 1960. He received a master’sdegree in Mechanical Engineering fromKansas State University in 1962 and com-pleted his Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering

at Case-Western Reserve University in1967. Professor Chen was on the facultyat the University of Iowa from 1967 to1992, serving as the Chair of the Depart-ment of Mechanical Engineering from1982 to 1992. Since 1992 he has servedas the Dean of Engineering for both Flori-da A&M University and Florida State Uni-versity. He is Professor of MechanicalEngineering, affiliated Professor in Bio-medical. Engineering and a researchassociate with the Geophysical FluidDynamics Institute of Florida State Univer-sity. Dr. Chen has made contributions inteaching and research on turbulent flowsand heat transfer, turbulence modeling,computational fluid dynamics and flowvisualization. Recently he has also begunresearch in biomedical engineering, mag-netic effects on biological cells, magneticmicro devices and nano technology.

Robert T. Knapp Award

This award is given for the best paperpresented at the Fluids EngineeringDivision sponsored sessions dealing withanalytical, numerical and laboratoryresearch. The 2008 Knapp Award wasawarded to Shigeru Awazu, Yutaka Abeand Satoshi Matsumoto for their paperentitled “Study On Nonlinear Deforma-tion Behaviors Of Electrostatic LevitatingLiquid Drop.” This paper is published inthe Proceedings of the 2007 ASME Flu-ids Engineering Summer Conference(FEDSM2007-37193). Shigeru Awazuobtained his Bachelor of Engineering inEngineering Systems in 2006, and Mas-ter of Engineering in Systems and Infor-mation Engineering in 2008 both at theUniversity of Tsukuba, Japan. His mas-ter’s thesis was “Study on NonlinearDynamics of Liquid Drop Levitated byElectrostatic Force”, under the supervi-sion of Professor Yutaka Abe, and as aresearcher at the Japan AerospaceExploration Agency. Since 2008, he hasbeen at the HONDA Motor Co., Ltd.Satoshi Matsumoto graduated inMechanical Engineering (B.Sc andM.Sc) and obtained a PhD (1996) inMechanical Engineering at Toyo Univer-sity, Japan. He was a Post Doc at theJapan Science and Technology Agencyand worked at the National SpaceDevelopment Agency of Japan to per-form a numerical simulation on convec-tion with crystal growth. He joined theNational space Development Agency of

Japan (currently the Japan AerospaceExploration Agency) as a Researcher.He is interested in thermocapillary con-vection experimentally and numerically.He is studying nonlinear drop dynamicslevitated by electrostatic force. YutakaAbe is the Dean of the College of Engi-neering Systems, University of Tsukuba,since 2008. He is a Professor of Depart-ment of Engineering Mechanics andEnergy, University of Tsukuba, since2003. He has research careers in JapanAtomic Energy Research Institute, LosAlamos National Laboratory, YamagataUniversity in Japan and University ofToronto in Canada, before he moved tothe University of Tsukuba. His areas ofexpertise are the transport phenomenain two-phase flow and fluid flow control.He has over 100 papers in journals andrefereed international conference papers.

Lewis F. Moody Award

The Lewis F. Moody Award is given forthe best paper presented at the FluidsEngineering Division sponsored sessionsdealing with a topic useful in mechanicalengineering practice. The 2008 MoodyAward was presented to M. Boutaous, P.Bourgin, A. Maazouz, P. Chantrenne, E.Pérot for their paper entitled “Heat Trans-fer And Air Diffusion Phenomena In A BedOf Polymer Powder Using Apparent HeatCapacity Method: Application To TheRotational Molding Process.” This paper ispublished in the Proceedings of the 2006ASME Fluids Engineering Summer Con-ference (FEDSM2007-37181). BoutaousM’hamed is associate Professor since Jan-uary 2005 at the National Applied ScienceInstitute of Lyon (France) after beingAssociate Professor since September2000 at the Plastic Engineering School inOyonnax (France). He obtained his PHD:1998, from the Institute of Fluid Mechan-ics, University of Strasbourg (France) Heis responsible for the Heat Transfers inPolymer Materials and Plastic EngineeringProcesses Research Group at the ThermalResearch Center of Lyon. His currentresearch interests are: heat transfer inpolymer materials and processing, Model-ing and numerical simulation of the cou-pling between heat transfer, rheology andpolymer properties, Fluid flow in confinedrough geometries, modeling of high speedwinding process and stress based control

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of thin plastic film rolls. Boutaous has 10published papers, 25 proceedings of inter-national conferences, several Conferencesand industrials reports In 2001, hereceived the « Gold Price for Original Con-cept » and « Silver Price for Invention »from the Japan Society of Advanced Sci-ences, for a research work in collaborationwith Professor P. Bourgin and entitledIntelligent winding of flexible media:towards tailored surface topographies.Patrick Bourgin obtained his Master ofEngineering Science from the Ecole Cen-trale de Lyon, Master of Applied Mathe-matics from the University of Lyon andPh. D from the University of Lyon as wellas D. Sc. from the University of Lyon. Heis currently a director and professor at theEcole Centrale de Lyon. He has 32 Publi-cations in International Journals, 4Keynote Conferences, 99 Communica-tions in International Conferences withProceedings, and 24 Invited Seminars. Hereceived the Zellidja Foundation Scholar-ship (1968), two “Best Paper Awards”from the Society of Advanced Science,Japan (2000), Chevalier des PalmesAcadémiques (2003), Honda KotaroMemorial Prize, Tohoku University, Japan(2007). He is a member, Editorial Adviso-ry Board, International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics as well as a member,Editorial Board, French Journal “Matéri-aux & Techniques”. His biography is pub-lished in the Who’s Who in the World, andin the Who’s Who in Science and Engi-neering. He is Chair or co-Chair of severalInternational Conferences. Patick is a ref-eree, International Journal of Non-LinearMechanics, Transactions of the AmericanSociety of Mechanical Engineers, Journalof Fluid Mechanics, Journal of non-New-tonian Fluid Mechanics, Transactions ofthe Institution of Chemical Engineers,A.S.L.E. Transactions. Abderrahim Maazouz leads the Multidisciplinary Plas-tics Research group at INSA Lyon. Abder-

rahim Maazouz created the new field“Mechanical and Plastics Processing” ofwhich he is the director. He is the authorof more than 80 scientific publications ofwhich 60 are published in internationaljournals, more than 60 communications atinternational conferences where he has onnumerous occasions been an invitedspeaker. He is also the inventor of 4 worldpatents with applications. He participatesregularly in the organization of internation-al conferences in the field of polymers. Heis regularly asked to review submitted arti-cles for international scientific journals aswell as to carry out research evaluations.

S. Gopalakrishnan—Flowserve Pump Technology Award

The Award was established in July2006, with funding generously provid-ed by the Flowserve Corporation, inhonor of the late Dr. SankaraiyerGopalakrishnan, “Gopal”. The first recip-ient of the award, Dr. John Tuzson, wasa close friend and associate of Dr.Gopalakrishnan. Future awards are pre-sented biennially in recognition of out-standing achievement in pump technolo-gy, documented through publicationsand testimonials of peers and co-work-ers and in keeping with Gopal’s dedica-tion to the education of the next genera-tion of expert pump engineers. The nextaward will be in 2009.

FLUIDS Machinery DesignAward

The Award, presented biennially, honorsexcellence in the design of fluidmachinery. The recipient of the 2008Fluids Machinery Design Award is Dr.Yu-Tai Lee. Dr. Yu-Tai Lee is Senior Sci-

entist of the Computational Hydrome-chanics Division at Naval Surface War-fare Center, Carderock Division. Withthe Navy for over 26 years, Dr. Lee’sachievements include developing andvalidating computational design tools forpredicting machinery aero- and hydrody-namics and acoustics. Dr. Lee is well-known for his success in designing aseries of high-pressure vaneaxial fans forthe Navy’s mission-critical shipboardventilation systems which resulted in sig-nificant efficiency and acousticsimprovements. His papers in acousticspioneered acoustical source modeling forturbomachinery design applications. Healso successfully coupled optimizationschemes with CFD tools, which he thenapplied to air-conditioning compressorsfor the Navy’s ships and centrifugal liftfans for the Navy’s hover crafts using air-cushion technology. Dr. Lee’s contribu-tions not only highlight his skills of trou-bleshooting and resolving problems thatemerge during machinery testing, butalso demonstrate his extraordinary capa-bility of designing original turbomachin-ery. Dr. Lee has organized numeroussessions on turbomachinery applicationsfor both the ASME FED and IGTI confer-ences. He has been the lead organizer forthe Symposia on Advances in NumericalModeling of Aerodynamics and Hydrody-namics for Turbomachinery since itsinception in 1998. In addition, he is thecurrent Chair of the Fluid Applicationsand Systems Technical Committee of theFED. Since 2004, he has been servingas Associate Editor for the ASME Jour-nal of Fluids Engineering. Dr. Leeearned a B.S. in mechanical engineeringfrom National Taiwan University and aM.S. and Ph.D. in mechanics andhydraulics from University of Iowa. He isa registered Professional Engineer andholds two patents for his innovative fanand compressor designs. �

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IntroductionUnwanted dispersed matter (dust or

droplets) in industrial vapor streams is acommon problem. Cyclones, havingrelatively low costs of construction andoperation, have been used since the late1800s to separate these phases. Parti-cle-laden gas enters through an inlet,swirls in a free vortex around the bulk ofthe unit, and proceeds into the forcedvortex before exiting the top of the unit.Particle-rich gas leaves the bottom intoa dust bin or other collection system. Inthe present work a Lappel cyclone cou-pled with an annular ejector is used toremove polyethylene dust from a densegas stream. The goal is to optimize thesystem within strict geometric and oper-ating constraints.

ModelFigure 1 shows the overall layout of

the present work. A multitude of meshblocks is used to minimize mesh spacingin areas of high gradients, cell skewness,cell aspect ratio, and cell centroid shifts.The grid size ranged from 570,000 to740,000 cells, the vast majority of whichare hexahedra. Two-equation turbulencemodels cannot account for couplingamong the Reynolds-stress tensor com-ponents, concave surface turbulenceenhancement, or counter gradient diffu-sion physics; therefore, a differentialReynolds Stress Model (RSM) solutionwill be sought. Mach numbers are signif-icant in the present study, so compress-ibility, viscous heating, pressure work,and the kinetic energy terms wereresolved. The dispersed phase isapproached using a Lagrangian stochas-tic discrete random walk (DRW) method[1]. A commercially available pressure-based, 64-bit, finite volume, double pre-cision code, Fluent 6.3.26, was used tosolve the equations governing momen-tum, heat, and turbulence in both phasesin space and time. The convective termsof the momentum equations were dis-cretized using a QUICK scheme. Atimestep size and sub-iteration countwere chosen such that RMS residual“flattening” (continuity of order 10-5)was achieved and the instantaneousmass imbalances were less than +/- 1%.Each run proceeded in two stages: 1)

development of statistically stationary(quasi-steady) flow and 2) time-aver-aged data collection. To help decidewhat exactly represents “enough” timefor the first stage, 22 values, such as tur-bulence kinetic energy and Mach num-ber, were monitored during the runs.

Flow FeaturesFigure 2 offers typical instantaneous

contours of tangential velocity, tempera-ture, and dust concentration. Anexpected strong swirling motion is seenwith an asymmetric approach to thelower outlet [2]. Hot vapor is fed to theinlet, and hot motive fluid is fed to theejector. Gas expan-sion lowers the tem-perature in the cen-ter of the cyclone.The clean (upper)outlet is relativelywarm and is likely acombined effect ofstrong radial turbu-lent thermal diffu-sion near the vortexfinder [3] andbypassing of thefeed flow to the vor-tex finder. The par-ticle concentrationcontours show anexpected increasein concentrationnear the walls of thecyclone and vortex

finder. There are also interior lobes ofhigher concentration dropping down tothe lower part of the straight cyclonesection, and some particles (entrain-ment) are seen making their way backup the center in the return vortex.Notice also the relatively high concen-tration of particles just under the vortexfinder. Bypassing appears to be thedominant mechanism for particle carry-over. The particle concentration contourshapes, especially the interior “bands”,change dramatically in time. The quasi-steady behavior is exemplified in Figure3, showing a typical time series plot ofthe overall system separation efficiency.

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Figure 4a shows instantaneousLagrangian particle tracks released fromthe cyclone inlet colored by residencetime. Particle concentration helical stri-ations are seen forming in the cyclone([2], [4]). There is evidence of strongbypassing of the particles under the vor-tex finder. The shades of blue (low resi-dence time) proceeding vertically out ofthe clean top indicate a short period oftime that particles are in the unit.Bypassing is further explored in Figure4b. Here, the continuous phase istraced by residence time moving inreverse from the clean outlet. Shades ofblue (low residence time) are seen invarious positions in the inlet. Anotherinteresting feature is the particles caughtin the secondary flows shown in red(long times) near the cyclone roof dis-cussed in [2]. Typical instantaneoustangential velocity contours on an ejec-tor midplane are shown in Figure 5.Three uncorrelated time steps have beensampled to show the unsteady nature ofthe flow. Rings of helical flow are shedas the vorticity of the swirling cycloneflow re-orients upon meeting the high-speed ejector motive steam. It can be

seen that the effects of the cyclone arechaotically felt deep in the ejector. Itwas found that the state of the flow exit-ing the cyclone bottom affected themotive feed pressure balance. The pres-sure balance controls the ejectorthroughput. In turn, the amount ofmaterial ejected impacts the solids car-ryover rate. The two units could, there-fore, not be separated computationally.

ConclusionsThe complete work can be found in

[5]. Six geometric configurations forimproving the solids collection efficiencyof a joint cyclone separator / ejectorhave been evaluated using an unsteady,compressible DRW with RSM approachin a commercial code, Fluent 6.3.26.Significant effort was placed on ensuringa converged solution with statisticallysound data collection and time-averag-ing. It was found that an extended con-vergent vortex finder had the greatestimprovement in particle collection, whilethe pressure drop increased markedly asexpected. Two sizes of simple disk-shaped vortex breakers showed noimprovement, while an extended vortexfinder with a fixed diameter showed adecline in performance. A dust bin

showed a very slight improvement, butthe dust bin was a non-ideal design dic-tated by process space limitations. Allparticle collection directional changeswere marginal. Solids collection did notnecessarily correlate with tangential flowin the downpipe or ejector throughput.More work is planned to evaluate vari-ants of these designs and others. Inaddition to six geometry evaluations,four numerical effects were considered:pressure-velocity coupling, pressure dis-cretization, RSM pressure strain formula-tion, and wall reflection. Minor effectswere found by changing from the linearto quadratic formulation. Almost noeffect was seen when the pressure-velocity relations was handled in a cou-pled or SIMPLE approach. Very largechanges were seen by choices for pres-sure discretization and the inclusion ofwall reflection terms. It was concludedthat a PRESTO! scheme and the linearpressure strain approach with no wallreflection are the most accurate and effi-cient approaches.

References1. Strasser, W., “Discrete Particle Study

of Turbulence Coupling in a ConfinedJet Gas-Liquid Separator,” Journal ofFluids Engineering, 130, 1-10, 2008.

2. Wang, B., Xu, D., Chu, K., and Yu, A.,“Numerical study of gas-solid flow in acyclone separator, “ Applied Mathe-matical Modeling, 30, 1326-1342,2006.

3. Liu, C., Wang, L., Wang, J., and Liu,Q., “Investigation of energy lossmechanisms in cyclone separators,”Chem. Eng. Technol, 28, 1182-1190,2005.

4. Gil, A., Cortes, C., Romeo, L., andVelilla, J., “Gas-particle Flow InsideCyclone Diplegs with PneumaticExtraction,” Powder Technology, 128,pp. 78-91, 2002.

5. Strasser, W., “Improving the Operationof a Cyclone Coupled with an Ejector,”ASME Paper No. IMECE2008-66601.

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Figure 5: Instantaneous tangential veloc-ity contours in the ejector at three uncor-related time steps

Figure 4: Instantaneous particle trackscolored by residence time and instanta-neous continuous phase path lines cal-culated in reverse from the outlet coloredby residence time.

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Unified Two-Phase CFD Modeling of Boiling, Cavitation, and Bubble CollapseRay A. Berrya, Richard Saurelb, Fabien Petitpasb

Keyissues in nuclear reactor safetyand optimization rely on in-depthunderstanding of basic two-phase flowphenomena with heat transfer and phasechange. Among these issues, convectiveboiling under normal and elevated pres-sure conditions is one of the most chal-lenging situations. Our inability to accu-rately predict heat transfer and associat-ed boiling fluid topology transitions fortwo-phase flows under nuclear reactorflow conditions and fuel bundle geome-tries results in increased safety marginswhich impedes development of new fueldesigns. With the advent of new genera-tion codes and the increase of availablecomputational power, it is believed (asevidenced at the recent international“Two-Phase Convective Boiling FlowModelling” workshop [1]) that significantprogress can be made by using special-ized computational fluid dynamics(CFD) codes, thus leading to a drasticreduction in development costs. InEurope, and especially France, CEA,EDF, AREVA and IRSN have launched,among several projects covering a broadspectrum of space and time scales, theNEPTUNE [2] project, aimed at provid-ing computational tools describing two-phase flow and heat transfer that arevalidated in the parameter range ofindustrial applications. In the UnitedStates no such unified effort exists; how-ever, it seems necessary to promote col-laborative research on this subject at thewidest scale. A collaborative effortbetween the Multiphysics MethodsGroup at Idaho National Laboratory(INL) and the SMASH Team at ÉcolePolytechnique Universitaire de Marseillehas recently begun to pursue theseissues through development of a unifiedapproach [3]. This short research notehighlights one component of the broaderdevelopmental effort [3].

The purpose of this research is todevelop the foundations needed tosimultaneously solve both fluid dynamicinterface problems and multiphase mix-tures problems arising from boiling, cavi-tation, and bubble collapse in light waterreactor systems. The two-phase flow

phenomena occurring in light waternuclear reactors includes, especially withdeparture from nucleate boiling (DNB)and film boiling instability (boiling crisis),coolant phase changes and multiple flowregimes that directly influence coolantinteraction with the fuel elements andassemblies, ultimately affecting reactorperformance. Because of the inherentcoupling, an understanding of these phe-monena, along with subcooled boilingand bubble collapse, is also key to gain-ing an understanding of crud depostionin these systems. Our goal is to provideunified models giving highly resolvedsolution details where necessary, simul-taneously with lower resolution, large-scale vessel/component solutions. Thiswill be accomplished through the develo-ment of a well-posed, multiscale methodthat (1) resolves interfaces for largerbubbles with single velocity, single pres-sure treatment in a DNS-like (directnumerical simulation) manner using afine computational mesh, and (2) aver-ages (or homogenizes) the two-phaseflow field for smaller bubbles, yielding atwo-velocity two-pressure treatment,using a courser computational mesh.

Multiphase formulations have beendeveloped to provide the ability to solveproblems involving both heterogeneousmixtures of materials and interfacialflows involving compressibility withphase transition. In particular, for theDNS of interfacial flows which are ofprime importance for nuclear reactordesign optimization and safety analysis,the aim is to compute the critical heatflux conditions that involve a competi-tion between bubble growth, surface ten-sion, contact angle effects, and heat andmass transfers at interfaces. Contrary tothe approach developed by otherresearchers, such as sharp interfacetracking methods, our approachembraces a general model that accountsfor complete thermodynamics in bothphases. Because of the inherent weak-nesses of sharp interface methods forDNS-like simulations, most notably theirinability to dynamically create interfacesand to solve interfaces separating pure

media and mixtures, we focused on adiffuse interface method (DIM) whichdoes not exhibit these weaknesses. DIMconsiders interfaces as numerically dif-fused zones corresponding to artificialmixtures created by numerical diffusion.The determination of thermodynamicflow variables in these zones is achievedon the basis of multiphase flow theory.The challenge is to derive physically,mathematically, and numerically consis-tent thermodynamic relations for theartificial mixture. The same solutionmethod is implemented globally in bothpure fluids and in mixture zones. For thisresearch the numerical approximation ofthe five-equation, two-phase flow modelof Kapila (zero-order approximation ofthe seven-equation model with stiffrelaxation) [4], which has shown excel-lent capabilities for numerical resolutionof interfaces separating compressiblefluids and wave propagation in com-pressible mixtures, was examined. Forseveral reasons, its numerical approxi-mation poses serious difficulties. In ourwork, these difficulties were circumvent-ed by restoring pressure non-equilibriumeffects using a pressure non-equilibriummodel developed in [5]. This resulted ina single velocity, non-conservativehyperbolic model with two energy equa-tions involving relaxation terms; it fulfillsthe equation of state and energy conser-vation on both sides of interfaces andguarantees correct transmission of pres-sure waves across them. This formula-tion considerably simplifies numericalresolution by building a simple and effi-cient method for numerical approxima-tion of this flow model in the context ofdiffuse interfaces. Further details of themethod and results are given in [5].

To demonstrate the multidimensionalcapability, a two-dimensional test,involving a Richtmyer-Meshkov instabil-itly (RMI), is presented from [5]. The liq-uid is not pure and new interfaces willappear during development of the insta-bility due to cavitation effects. Theshape of the resulting interface and theentire flow field show a non-conventionalbehavior, never computed before, as themodel and method must deal with liq-

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aIdaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, Idaho, USA. Email: Ray.Berry@inl.govbÉcole Polytechnique Universitaire de Marseille, Marseille, France.

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uid-gas interfaces and the dynam-ic appearance of gas pockets insevere conditions. The physicaldomain is 3 m long and 1 m high,with the left part of the computa-tional domain filled with nearlypure water and the right part withnearly pure gas. They are initiallyseparated by a curved interface, aportion of a circle with 0.6-mradius centered at x=1.2 m, y=0.5m. The mesh contains 900 cells inthe x-direction and 400 cells in they-direction. Both water and gashave an initial pressure of 1atmoshere and an initial velocityof -200 m/s (to the left). The ini-tial density of water and gas is1000 kg/m3 and 100 kg/m3,respectively. Top, bottom, and leftboundaries are treated as solidwalls; right boundary is open. Bothphases are treated with the stiff-ened gas equation of state [6];therefore, both phases areassumed compressible. The waterin the left part contains a verysmall volume fraction of gas, 10–6,while the gas in the right part con-tains a very small volume fractionof water, 10–6. The initial configu-ration is shown in the uppergraphic of Figure 1, and the mix-ture density contours at times 0.0,1.9, 3.9, 5.8, and 7.8 ms in theother graphics of the figure. Whenflow impacts the left wall, a right-traveling wave propagates in thedomain through the water/gas dis-continuity. A conventional RMIappears first. Then expansionwaves are produced as the jetelongates. It results in expandedzones near the solid boundarywhere gas inhomogeneities grow,producing the dynamic appear-ance of gas pockets (white) andinterfaces. Because the pressure isvery low in these zones, the jet’sdynamics are modifed from theconventional RMI in pure fluids. The var-ious gas pockets near the solid bound-ary and in the jet core are clearly visiblein Figure 1. Relaxation terms present inthe volume fraction and energy equa-tions are responsible for the dynamicappearance of these gas pockets. Thiswould be very difficult to accomplishwith current sharp interface trackingmethods.

By incorporation of interfacial surfacetension and heat and mass transfereffects, this simple, efficient and robustmethod can be used to resolve fundamen-tal boiling issues in a DNS-like mannersimilar to the cavitation example above.Furthermore, the various componentsemployed in this method are generalenough to merit coupling with additionalcomplex physics and chemistry, e.g. toaddress the unwanted deposit of con-

stituents dissolved in the coolant asa result of localized boiling — the so-called crud deposition problem.

AcknowledgmentsThe U.S. Department of Energy,

Office of Nuclear Energy isacknowledged for partially fundingthis research through the IdahoNational Laboratory under DOEIdaho Operations Office ContractDE-AC07-05ID14517.

References1. Organized by the Societe Hydro-

technique de France and the Inter-national Association of HydraulicEngineering and Research undersponsorship of Societe Francaisedes Thermiciens, CEA, AREVA,EDF, and AFM. Held at Grenoble,France, September 8–9, 2008.

2. A. Guelfi, D. Bestion, M. Boucker,P. Boudier, P. Fillion, M. Grandot-to, J.M. Hérard, E. Hervieu, andP. Péturaud, “NEPTUNE: A NewSoftware Platform for AdvancedNuclear Thermal Hydraulics,”Nuclear Sci. and Eng., 156, 281-324 (2007).

3. R.A. Berry, R. Saurel, F. Petitpas,E. Daniel, O. Le Métayer, S.Gavrilyuk, N. Dovetta, R.C. Mar-tineau, Progress in the Develop-ment of Compressible, MultiphaseFlow Modeling Capability forNuclear Reactor Flow Applica-tions, Idaho National Laboratoryreport INL/EXT-08-15002, Octo-ber 2008. Available online athttp://www.inl.gov/technicalpubli-cations/Search/Search2.asp.

4. A. K. Kapila, R. Menikoff, J. B.Bdzil, S. F. Son, and D. S. Stew-art, 2001,“Two-phase Modelingof Deflagration-to-DetonationTransition in Granular Materials:Reduced Equations,” Physics ofFluids, 13, 3002–3024.

5. R. Saurel, F. Petitpas, and R.A.Berry, “Simple and Efficient Relax-ation Methods for Interfaces Sepa-rating Compressible Fluids, Cavi-tating Flows and Shocks in Multi-phase Materials,” J. Comp.Physics, 228, 1678-1712 (2009).

6. O. Le Métayer, J. Massoni, and R.Saurel, “Elaborating Equations ofState of a Liquid and its Vapor forTwo-phase Flow Models,” Int. J. ofThermal Sci., 43, 265-276 (2004).

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2009 Fluids Engineering Division Summer MeetingVail Cascade Resort and Spa

1300 Westhaven Drive, Vail, CO 81657 USAAugust 2-6, 2009

The 2009 Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting isbeing held at the Vail Cascade Resort and Spa in Vail, Colorado.An exciting meeting is anticipated in the beautiful Rocky Moun-tains of Colorado, and all those with an interest in fluids engi-neering are invited to attend. A larger number of abstracts hasbeen received than anticipated. The conference has accepted500 abstracts. Consequently, the conference is being extendedby one day from the originally published announcement.

Technical sessions will be on Monday through Thursday,August 3-6. Thursday will be a full day of sessions. Committeemeetings and an opening reception are scheduled for Sunday,August 2. An author’s breakfast will be provided each morningso that authors may meet with their session organizers. Eachtechnical session will be 2 hours with nominally 5 papers persession with a maximum of 6 for a presentation time of 20 min-utes for each paper. Keynote speakers will be allotted 2 timeslots for their presentations or approximately 40 minutes. Atotal of 11 technical sessions are planned for the conferencewith 8 parallel topical sessions in each technical session.

The conference has scheduled 7 plenary speakers. Thepresentation time for each speaker will be 60 minutes with noother events scheduled. To date, six speakers have acceptedour invitation. They include the following: Prof. Ronald Adrianof Arizona State University and 2009 Fluids Engineer Awardwinner, Prof. Clay Crowe of Washington State University, Prof.Mory Gharib of the California Institute of Technology, Dr. Dar-ius Modarress of Measurement Science Enterprise, Dr. WilliamOberkampf of Sandia Laboratories, and Dr. William Spalart ofBoeing Commercial Airplanes. Additional information on thespeakers may be found on the FEDSM09 web page.

As usual, the conference will be international in scope. Ofthe 500 abstracts submitted, 320 are from 31 foreign countries.The number of foreign authors is almost double the numberfrom the USA. The web page for the conference is http://www.asmeconferences.org/FEDSM09/index.cfm This web pageshould be reviewed periodically for updates in the program.

Vail Cascade Resort and Spa, Vail, Colorado

2009 Leadership Training ConferenceThe Westin Los Angeles Airport Hotel

Los Angeles, CaliforniaMarch 5-8, 2009

The fourth ASME Leadership Training Conference was heldat the Westin LAX Hotel in Los Angeles on March 5-8, 2009.The total number of attendees was 314. The attendees wereprimarily leaders from the technical divisions and local sec-tions. Dr. Joel Park represented the Fluids Engineering Divi-sion. The purposes of the LTC09 included the following: net-working of division and section leaders, acquiring knowledge ofthe policies, organization, and services of ASME, learning lead-ership and management skills, and meeting with the key lead-ers of ASME including ASME President Thomas Barlow, Presi-dent-Elect Amos Holt, and various members of the ASME staff.

During the conference, Joel met with Dr. George Papadopou-los of FED, Erin Dolan (ASME meeting manager for FEDSM09),and Harjit (Jeet) Hunjin of the Colorado Section. The primarypurpose of the meeting was to discuss potential involvement ofthe Colorado Section with FEDSM09 in Vail Colorado. Joel alsobriefly met with Prof. Allan Kirkpatrick, Chairman of theMechanical Engineering Department at Colorado State Universi-ty. Contact was made with Marianne Chan from the TorontoSection and Twishansh Mehta of the University of Toronto Stu-dent Section concerning FEDSM10 in Montreal, Canada.

One of the concepts promoted at the conference was EarlyCareer Programs for entry-level engineers with 0 to 5 years ofexperience. Additional details of the conference will be postedon the conference web page in the near future at

http://www.asmeconferences.org/ltc09/Details to be posted on the web page will include all slide

presentations and the posters for the various groups representedat the conference.

2008 International Mechanical Engineering Congress andExposition

Sheraton Boston HotelBoston, Massachusetts

October 31-November 6, 2008

FED participated in ASME IMECE08 with both committeemeetings and technical sessions. Most of the technical sessionsfor FED were located in Track 10, Heat Transfer, Fluid Flows,and Thermal Systems. Prof. Van Carey of UC Berkeley and theHeat Transfer Division was Track 10 Chair while Dr. Joel Park ofFED was the Co-Chair. Track 10 consisted of 27 topics with 11from FED. FED had 20 sessions with 74 papers in Track 10.Additional details are on the Congress 08 web page: http://www.asmeconferences.org/Congress08/TechnicalProgramOverview.cfm

Joel T. Park, Ph. D.Executive CommitteeFEDSM09 Conference Chair

CONFERENCES

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ChairJames Liburdy, Ph. D.310 Rogers HallDepartment of Mechanical EngineeringOregon State University Corvallis, OR 97331-6001 USATel: 541-737-7017 / Fax: 541-737-2600 james.liburdy@oregonstate.edu

IMECE2008 Track 10 Co-ChairFEDSM2009 Conference ChairJoel T. Park, Ph. D.Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Div.Seakeeping DivisionCode 5500, Bldg. 18, Rm. 1299500 MacArthur Boulevard West Bethesda, MD 20817-5700 USATel: 301-227-0011 / Fax: 301-227-5442joel.park@navy.mil

MemberIMECE2010 FED RepresentativeFEDSM2011 Conference ChairDavid W. Halt, D. Sc.Senior Technical Fellow/Senior ManagerNorth America CAD/CAEVisteon Climate SystemsOne Village Center DriveVan Buren Township, MI 48111-5711 Tel.: 734-710-2072dhalt@visteon.com

SecretaryFEDSM2009 Technical Program ChairIMECE2009 FED RepresentativeFEDSM2010 Conference ChairMohammad (Mo) H. Hosni, Ph. D.Head, Dept. of Mechanical & Nuclear Engng.3002 Rathbone HallKansas State UniversityManhattan, KS 66506-5205 USATel.: 785-532-2321 / Fax: 785-532-7057 hosni@ksu.edu

Past Chair George Papadopoulos, Ph.D.Manager, Advanced Concepts GroupAlliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK)Propulsion and Controls Division77 Raynor AvenueRonkonkoma, NY 11779-6649 USATel: 631-737-6100 x195Cell: 631-456-2271 / Fax: 631-737-6121George.Papadopoulos@ATK.com

ASMELee A. HawkinsSenior Program ManagerGlobal, Technical & Affinity Communities1710 Audrey DriveGerland, TX 75040Tel: 1.972.414.3260 / Fax: 1.972.414.3268HawkinsL@asme.org Jacinta McComie-CatesAdministrator, Knowledge & CommunityThree Park Avenue, M/S 23W2New York, NY 10016 Tel: 212-591-7052 / Fax: 212-591-7671 mccomiej@asme.org

Fluid Mechanics Technical Committee (FMTC)Chair: Francine Battaglia, Ph.D.Associate ProfessorDepartment of Mechanical Engineering107 Randolph HallVirginia Polytechnic Institute & State UniversityBlacksburg, VA 24061 USATel.: 540-231-0077 / Fax: 540-231-9100fbattaglia@vt.edu

Vice Chair: Javid Bayandor, Ph.D.Associate ProfessorThe Sir Lawrence Wackett Aerospace CentreSchool of Aerospace, Mechanical, and

Manufacturing EngineeringRoyal Melbourne Institute of TechnologyGPO Box 2476V, MelbourneVIC 3001, AustraliaTel.: +(61) 411-154-854Office Email: javid.bayandor@rmit.edu.auPersonal: bayandorj@asme.org

Multiphase Flow Technical Committee (MFTC )Chair: Malcolm J. Andrews, Ph.D.National Security FellowP.O. Box 1663Mail Stop D413Los Alamos National LaboratoryLos Alamos, NM 87545 USATel: 505-606-1430mandrews@lanl.gov

Vice Chair: Mark R. Duignan, PhDFellow EngineerSavannah River National LaboratorySavannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLCBuilding 786-5AAiken, South Carolina 29808Tel: 803-725-8256 / Fax: 803-725-2956mark.duignan@srnl.doe.gov

Fluid Applications and Systems TechnicalCommittee (FASTC)Chair: S. A. Sherif, Ph.D. Assistant Director, Industrial Assessment Ctr.Founding Director, Wayne K. and Lyla L. MasurHVAC LaboratoryDept. of Mechanical & Aerospace EngineeringUniversity of Florida232 MAE Bldg. B, P. O. Box 116300Gainesville, FL 32611-6300 USATel: 352-392-7821 / Fax: 352-392-1071sasherif@ufl.edu

Vice Chair: D. Keith Walters, Ph.D.Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Mechanical EngineeringMississippi State UniversityP.O. Box MEMississippi State, MS 39762Tel.: 662-325-8231 / Fax: 662-325-7223walters@simcenter.msstate.edu

Micro and Nano Fluid Dynamics TechnicalCommittee (MNFDTC)Chair: Kendra V. Sharp, Ph. D.Associate Professor of Mechanical EngineeringPennsylvania State University157D Hammond BuildingUniversity Park, PA 16802 USATel.: 814-865-4292 / Fax: 814-863-7222Email: ksharp@mne.psu.edu

Vice Chair: Prashanta Dutta, Ph. D.Associate ProfessorSchool of Mechanical and Materials

EngineeringWashington State UniversityPullman, WA 99164-2920 USATel.: 509-335-7989 / Fax: 509-335-4662Email: dutta@mail.wsu.edu

Computational Fluid Dynamics Technical Committee (CFDTC)Chair: Richard W. Johnson, Ph.D.Idaho National LaboratoryM.S. 3855P.O. Box 1625 Idaho Falls, ID 83415-3855 USATel.: 208-526-0955Rich.Johnson@inl.gov

Vice Chair: Zhongquan (Charlie) Zheng, Ph. D.Associate ProfessorMechanical and Nuclear Engineering Dept.3039 Rathbone HallKansas Sate UniversityManhattan, KS 66506-5610 USATel.: 785-532-6132zzheng@ksu.edu

Fluid Measurements and InstrumentationTechnical Committee (FMITC )Chair: Theodore (Ted) J. Heindel, Ph.D.ProfessorDepartment of Mechanical Engineering2026 H.M. Black Engineering BuildingIowa State UniversityAmes, IA 50011-2161 USATel.: 515-294-0057 / Fax: 515-294-3261theindel@iastate.edu

Vice Chair: Pavlos Vlachos, Ph.D.Assistant ProfessorMechanical Engineering114S Randolph HallBlacksburg, VA 24061 USATel.: 540-231-3366 / FAX: 540-231-9100pvlachos@vt.edu

Executive Committee (EC)2008–2009

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Administrative Committees2008–2009

Honors & Awards Adiel Guinzburg, Ph.D. The Boeing CompanyMail-code: 14-297755 E Marginal Way SouthTukwila, WA 98108 Tel: 206-544-8169 / Fax: 206-544-1195Mobile: 310-429-3665adiel@alumni.caltech.edu

Membership Richard R. Schultz Idaho National Engrg Lab MS 3895 PO Box 1625 Idaho Falls, ID 83415-0001 Tel: 208-526-9508 / Fax: 208-526-6971 srr@inel.gov

Newsletter Editor James C. Meng, Ph.D.Warfare Systems EngineeringNaval Sea Systems CommandUS Navy1333 Isaac Hull Ave SE,Washington Navy Yard,Washington, DC 20376-2001Phone: 202 781 1366James.c.meng@navy.mil

Professional Development Philip A. Pfund, Ph.D. Fermilab PO Box 500 MS 343 Batavia, IL 60510-0500 Tel: 630-840-4784 / Fax: 630-840-8032 pfund@cannet.com

Journal of Fluids Engineering Technical Editor Joseph Katz, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins Univ 122 Latrobe Hall 3400 N Charles St Baltimore, MD 21218-2680 Tel: 410-516-5470 / Fax: 410-516-7254 katz@jhu.edu

Webmaster Ayodeji Demuren, Ph.D. Old Dominion University Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Norfolk, VA 23529 Tel: 757-683-6363 / Fax: 757-683-5344 ademuren@odu.edu

Advisory Board ChairChristopher J. Freitas, Ph.D. ComputationalFluid DynamicsDepartment of Engineering DynamicsSouthwest Research InstituteSan Antonio, TexasTel: 210-522-2137 / Fax: 210-522-6290cfreitas@swri.edu

Communications CommitteeGeorge Papadopoulos, Ph.D.Dantec Dynamics Inc.777 Corporate Drive Mahwah, NJ 07439Tel: (201) 512-0037 Ext.121Fax: (201) 512-0120 george.papadopoulos@dantecdynamics.com

Professional Development Committee Chair Philip A. PfundFermilab P. O. Box 500 MS-343Batavia, IL 60510-0500 Tel: 630-840-4784 / Fax: 630-840-8032 pfund@cannet.com

Publications CommitteeJoseph Katz Journal of Fluids EngineeringDepartment of Mechanical EngineeringThe Johns Hopkins University3400 North Charles StreetBaltimore, MD 21218-2686 katz@jhu.edu

Industry Relations Committee ChairDavid Halt DSc Visteon Climate Control Systems 45000 Helm St. Plymouth, MI 48170 Tel: 734-451-9181 / Fax: 734-416-6908 dhalt@visteon.com

Government Relations Committee ChairRichard S. Meyer, Ph.D. Fluids Research Department AppliedResearch Laboratory The Pennsylvania State UniversityState College, PATel: (814) 865-1741richardmeyer@psu.edu

Fluids Engineering Honorsand Awards Committee

2007–2009

ChairAdiel Guinzburg, Ph.D. The Boeing CompanyMail-code: 14-297755 E Marginal Way SouthTukwila, WA 98108 Tel: 206-544-8169 / Fax: 206-544-1195Mobile: 310-429-3665adiel@alumni.caltech.edu

Member 2006-2009Judith Ann Bamberger, PE Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, K7-15 PO Box 999Richland, WA 99352 Tel: 509 375-3898 / Fax: 509 375-3641judith.bamberger@pnl.gov

Member 2006-2009C. Channy WongSandia National LaboratoriesMail Stop 0826, Department 1513 MicroscaleScience & Tech Dept.P.O. Box 5800Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185-0826, USA Tel: +1 505 844 3530 / Fax: +1 505 8444523ccwong@sandia.gov

Member 2006-2009Ismail B. Celik, Ph.D.Mechanical and Aerospace EngineeringDepartment West Virginia University Morgantown, WV 26506-6106Tel: (304) 293 3111 ext. 2325Fax: (304) 293 6689 (fax)Ismail.Celik@mail.wvu.edu

Member 2006-2009Grétar Tryggvason, Ph.DDept of Mechanical Engineering100 Institute RoadWorcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester, MA 01609-2280Tel: 508-831-5759 / Fax: 508 831-5680gretar@wpi.edu

Member 2009-2012 Dr. Yu-Tai Lee [FASTC]- 2009-2012David Taylor Model BasinNaval Surface Warfare CenterCarderock DivisionWest Bethesda, MD 20817Tel: (301) 227-1328 / Fax: (301) 227-3585yu.lee@navy.mil

Freeman Scholar StandingCommittee 2008–2010

Chair Stathis MichaelidesProfessor and Chair, Mechanical Engineering University of Texas at San Antonio One UTSA Circle San Antonio TX 78249 stathis.michaelides@utsa.edu

MemberDavid E. StockSchool of MechanicalEngineering & MaterialEngineeringWashington State UniversityPullman,WA 99164-2920stock@wsu.edu

MemberTimothy J. O’Hern, Ph.D. Sandia National Labs 0834Engineering Services MS PO Box 5800 Albuquerque, NM 87185-0834Tel: 505-844-9061 / Fax: 505-844-8251ohernt@asme.orgtjhoern@sandia.gov