CFD is widely applied in engineering design, safety 
analysis and environmental assessments, in which it is 
being used to simulate increasingly complex flows. The 
focus of this joint NAFEMS-ERCOFTAC seminar is an important 
class of complex flows which pose considerable technical 
challenges: multi-phase and free-surface flows. 

The aim of this seminar is to bring together current and 
potential users of CFD to present and discuss methodologies 
to obtain reliable and consistent results for this class of 
complex flows. The seminar will also illustrate best 
practice in CFD, as well highlighting findings which have 
wider relevance and impact. 

This will be the fourth joint seminar on this theme co-
organised by NAFEMS and ERCOFTAC.  It follows successful 
seminars in March 2004, September 2005 and March 2007.

Programme:

Keynote lecture:
Modelling and Numerical Prediction of Dispered Multiphase 
Flows in the Frame of the Euler/Lagrange Approach:
Importance of Relevant Elementary Processes in Different 
Flow Situations
Keynote speaker: Prof Martin Sommerfeld, Martin-Luther-
Universität Halle-Wittenberg

Applying Multiphase CFD to Waste Water Systems
Dr David Burt, MMI Engineering Ltd

Development and Application of CFD Models for Industrial 
Multiphase Flows
Dr Simon Lo, CD-adapco

Modelling spills of highly flammable liquids
Dr Mat Ivings, Health & Safety Laboratory

Dam SPH: Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics for dam spills
Dr Frazer Pearce, University of Nottingham

Free Surface Modelling for Hydraulic Stuctures
Amanda Champman & Dr David Robinson, HR Wallingford

Some Aspects of Numerical and Physical Mmodelling for 
Reliable Multi-phase Flows
Dr Christiane Montavon, ANSYS Europe Ltd