US-USSR Joint Seminar on Multiphase Flow Systems Research (Chicago: September 1991)

1991年5月，将在伊利诺斯州的芝加哥举行一次多相流系统领域的美苏研讨会。James Hartnett（芝加哥伊利诺伊大学）和Raymond Viskanta（普渡大学）代表中西部大学能源联盟，以及明斯克Luikov热质传递研究所的Oleg Martynenko博士。研讨会的主要目标是确定美国和苏联研究人员在科学上有前景的互利合作研究伙伴关系的机会，并为提交和竞争性审查的长期合作研究项目准备提案。​多相流问题在石油和天然气生产、发电、化工等众多行业中都是至关重要的问题。然而，我们对这些系统的基本原理和行为的理解相当有限，可能导致工艺设计失败、安全隐患和有限的经济效益。美国和苏联在这一领域的互补的专业知识和研究能力有望有助于提高对这些过程的理解。该项目实现了推进科学知识的计划目标，使美国和苏联的主要研究人员能够在平等、互惠的基础上，在共同感兴趣和有能力的基础科学研究领域结合互补的努力和能力。互惠互利。

A U.S.-U.S.S.R. workshop in the field of multiphase flow systems will be held in Chicago, Illinois in May 1991, organized by Drs. James Hartnett (University of Illinois, Chicago) and Raymond Viskanta (Purdue University) on behalf of the Midwest Universities Energy Consortium, and Dr. Oleg Martynenko of the Luikov Institute of Heat and Mass Transfer, Minsk. The primary objective of the workshop is to identify opportunities for scientifically promising collaborative research partnerships of mutual benefit involving U.S. and Soviet investigators and to prepare proposals for long-term cooperative research projects for submission and competitive review. Multiphase flow problems are of vital concern to a broad range of industries, including petroleum and gas production, power generation, chemicals, and others. However, our understanding of the basic principles and behavior of these systems is quite limited, potentially leading to failures of process design, safety hazards, and limited economic benefit. The complementary expertise and capabilities of the U.S. and Soviet research efforts in this field are expected to contribute toward improved understanding of these processes. This project fulfills the program objective of advancing scientific knowledge by enabling leading researchers in the United States and the U.S.S.R. to combine comple- mentary efforts and capabilities in areas of strong mutual interest and competence in the field of basic scientific research on the basis of equality, reciprocity, and mutuality of benefit.