AFM 2018 is the 12th International Conference on Advances 
in Fluid Mechanics. The meeting is reconvened following 
the success of all previous conferences in the series, 
the first of which took place in New Orleans (1996), 
followed by Udine (1998); Montreal (2000); Ghent (2002); 
Lisboa (2004); Skiathos (2006); the New Forest, home of 
the Wessex Institute (2008); The Algarve (2010); Split 
(2012); A Coruña (2014) and Ancona (2016).

The success of the Conference continues to attract high 
quality contributions presenting original results. The 
evolution of the meeting is reflected in the variety of 
topics and applications published in the conference book 
series since its beginnings in 1996.

The field of fluid mechanics is vast and has numerous and 
diverse applications. The conference covers a wide range 
of topics, including basic formulations and their 
computer modelling as well as the relationship between 
experimental and analytical results. The emphasis is on 
new applications and research currently in progress.

The papers – like others presented at Wessex Institute 
conferences – are part of the WIT Transactions in 
Engineering Sciences series and are archived online in 
the WIT eLibrary (www.witpress.com/elibrary), where they 
are freely available to the international scientific 
community.

The object of the meeting is to provide a forum for 
discussing new work in fluid mechanics and, in 
particular, for promoting the interchange of new ideas 
and the presentation on the latest applications in the 
field.