U.S. - Japan Seminar on Two-Phase Flow Dynamics

为将于2008年9月14日至18日在加州圣莫尼卡举行的美日两相流动力学研讨会提供部分支持。这次会议的目的是继续交流美国和日本热流体界在这一领域的研究成果，特别强调核反应堆热水学。关于会议的知识价值，在现有的会议上，特别是与国际与会者深入讨论两相输运现象的机会有限。核能作为一种潜在的非碳排放电力来源的重新出现，使两相输运现象领域更加突出。这次会议将使一些美国和日本的研究人员能够解决两相传输的基本问题，这些问题阻碍了核能和其他技术的进一步采用。会议的更广泛影响包括对核工业和其他技术的潜在利益的发现。美国国家科学基金会的一些资助将用于女性和少数族裔研究人员。会议的结果将以书籍形式或在有关国际杂志的特刊上散发。该项目由化学、生物工程、环境和运输系统（CBET）部的热传输过程（TTP）计划、微粒与多相过程（PMP）计划和流体动力学（FD）计划共同资助。

CBET-0813472DhirPartial support is provided for the US-Japan Seminar on Two-Phase Flow Dynamics, which will be held in Santa Monica, California, on September 14 - 18, 2008. The purpose of this meeting is to continue the exchange of research findings among the US and Japanese thermofluids community in this area, with particular emphasis on nuclear reactor thermal hydraulics.With respect to the intellectual merit of the conference, there are limited opportunities for in-depth discussion of two-phase transport phenomena at existing meetings, especially with international participants. The re-emergence of nuclear energy as a potential source of non-carbon-emitting electric power brings the field of two-phase transport phenomena into greater prominence. This conference will enable a number of US and Japanese researchers to address fundamental issues in two-phase transport, which inhibit increased adoption of nuclear energy and other technologies.The broader impacts of the conference include findings of potential benefit to the nuclear industry and to other technologies. Some of the NSF support will go to female and under-represented minority researchers. The results of the meeting will be disseminated in either book form, or in a special issue of a relevant international journal.This project is jointly funded by the Thermal Transport Processes (TTP) Program, by the Particulates & Multiphase Processes (PMP) Program, and by the Fluid Dynamics (FD) Program, of the Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CBET) Division.