Report on the 21st International Symposium on Shock Waves, CHEMIA I PIROTECHNIKA, Chemia i Pirotechnika

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Shock Waves (1998) 8: 383{384
Report on the 21
st
International Symposium on Shock Waves
A. Paull
Center for Hypersonics, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Queensland, 4072, Australia
Received 7 September / Accepted 7 September 1998
Abstract.
Shock wave symposium
The International Symposium on Shock Waves is held ev-
ery two years by dierent host institutions for the purpose
of disseminating information and discussing shock wave
phenomena of all kinds. Previous symposia have been lo-
cated close to centers of activities in the eld. However, for
the 21st symposium, a break in this tradition was made.
Although the Local Organising Committee was based at
the University of Queensland, The Australian National
University and The University of New South Wales, it was
decided that the pleasant surrounding of Great Keppel Is-
land on the Great Barrier Reef o Australia's East Coast
would be more appreciated by the participants. This cre-
ated some logestical problems for both the organising com-
mittee and the participants, but there was general agree-
ment that the relaxed atmosphere and the idyllic location
provided an excellent enviroment for the scientic presen-
tations and discussions.
Workshops were also held in conjunction with the meet-
ing at The University of Queensland and The Australian
National University to give an opportunity for the partici-
pants to view the facilities at these institutions and to dis-
cuss, in more detail, problems of particular interest to the
shock-wave community.
The format of the symposium followed that of pre-
vious symposia in that a limited number of papers where
selected from extended abstracts. Over 400 abstracts were
received and each was reviewed by at least three members
of the Scientic Review Committee, which was comprised
of members of the international community who are ex-
perts in their chosen elds. Of the 400 abstracts, 238 were
selected for presentation in either an oral session (167) or
one of two poster sessions (71). In addition, 9 speakers
were invited to give plenary lectures on topics covering
shock-wave related research in facility development, med-
ical applications, chemistry, volcanoes, scramjets, powder
compaction, astrophysics and laser diagnostics. Hans Hor-
nung presented the traditional Paull Vieille lecture, pro-
viding an excellent and enlightening presentation on the
interactions between chemical kinetics and curvature.
Two hundred and eighty six people registered, of which
65 were students. The nations from which the participants
originated were as follows: Japan, 93; Australia, 50; USA,
40; France, 24; Germany, 23; UK, 15; Russia, 12; China,
10; The Netherlands, 6; South Africa, 5; Canada, 3; Israel,
3; and one each from Czech Rep., India and Taiwan. In
addition, 86 partners registered for the partners program
and over 50 children were present. In total, on the island,
there were over 400 people who were directly connected
with the symposium.
Although this symposium was held along the tradi-
tional lines that have been established over the past 40
years, some changes were made. The main change has been
the use of a CD for the primary format of the Proceedings.
This form of media is very useful as it allows the reader to
use extensive search capabilities, quick links, and provides
the ability to magnify gures and text. Some authors also
took advantage of the CD format by including colour g-
ures to help clarify complex information. It is clear that
in the future more elaborate papers which include motion
pictures will be possible with this very versatile format.
Although the CD format for the symposium has certain
advantages, a hard copy of the proceedings is still useful
in many situations. Hence, a hard bound version of the
proceedings was produced. The hard bound version (Chief
Editor A.F.P Houwing) consists of two volumes with a to-
tal number of pages exceeding 1500. Approximately, 100
books were originally requested by the participants.
The costs of the symposium were kept to a minimum
through a signicant amount of in-kind and nancial sup-
port. The eorts of following organisations in making con-
tributions in this way to this symposium are greatly ap-
preciated:
Japan Society of Shock Wave Research
Events R Us
Air New Zealand
Various members of the International Advisory Commit-
tee to the ISSW21
The Australian Tourist Commission
QANTAS
ANUTECH
Center for Hypersonic, Dept. of Mech. Eng. and Physics,
The University of Queensland
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A. Paull: Report on the 21
st
International Symposium on Shock Waves
The Department of Physics, The Australian National Uni-
versity
The Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Univer-
sity of New South Wales
Acknowledgement.
I would also like to acknowledge the help
and support of all members and their families of the Local
Organising Committee, the Editors and those that gave ad-
ditional technical support, the International Advisory Com-
mittee to the ISSW21, the Scientic Review Committee and
members of the Local Organising Committee of the previous
symposium.
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