Selection of Papers

Selection of papers will take account of originality, relevance and likely interest to delegates. Predominantly theoretical papers are normally expected to include experimental or other practical validation. Papers should be of a technical nature, and we recommend that authors also take an exhibition stand should they wish to support their presentations with commercial material.

Important Notes for Authors

• Papers must be original, unpublished, and not pending publication elsewhere.

• The author submits each paper on the understanding that the paper must be reviewed and approved by an independent referee. If the paper is accepted, the author must attend the whole conference to present the paper and discuss with delegates. Each presenting author is entitled to 25% discount on the full conference fee.

• Papers, and presentations at the conference, must be in English.

• Papers should be no longer than 15 printed pages. There is no minimum length.

• The title should be appropriate to the scope and should accurately describe the content of the paper.

• ISAVFT will supply guidelines for the preparation of manuscripts. Papers conforming to these guidelines will, subject to final refereeing, be accepted for commercial publication.

• The copyright of accepted papers must be transferred to the Publisher. Authors who wish to retain copyright must notify the organisers when submitting their abstracts.

• The presenting author will receive one copy of the published proceedings.

Industrial Papers

A major purpose of the Conference is to foster trans-industry, trans-national and trans-functional dissemination of best practice relating to transient analysis. The Conference aims to bring together practitioners and designers from a wide range of industries to share experiences and hence expertise for future implementation. The Committee invites papers addressing issues such as:

• Good design practices, identification of specific pressure surge issues and recommendations for surge alleviation and control strategies.

• Validation to justify or test the capabilities of surge control devices or simulation software, from both suppliers and users.

• Case studies of surge incidents and innovative surge protection strategies.

• Field or laboratory test results that can be used by the community to evaluate software or product performance data.

• Practical design information (e.g. for surge alleviation devices) or procedures of direct value to system designers and analysts.

• Non-conventional application of surge analysis software (e.g. during commissioning or normal operation).

• How risk management of fluid transients has been integrated explicitly with pipe system design.

• Submissions in this category will be reviewed by one referee. Papers should be of a technical nature and must not contain direct advertising or unsupported claims.

Research Papers

To further technical and scientific progress in unsteady flow analysis and to raise awareness of industrial practitioners to the 21st century developments, the Committee invites papers addressing, for example:

• Improved simulation of surge relief or control strategies or verification models.

• Advanced applications (such as leakage detection).

• Complex interaction phenomena such as multi-phase or cavitating flows, gas release, fluid-structure interaction or flow-induced vibrations.

• Fundamental issues in numerical methods or fluid behaviour (e.g. damping in unsteady flows).

• Application of new techniques to unsteady flow issues.

• Plastic pipes and flexible hoses.

• Gas pockets in liquid systems.

• Application of inverse methodologies to complex networks.

Submissions in this category will be refereed to normal scientific paper standards by two independent referees drawn from an international panel of recognised authorities in fluid transients.

Forum Papers

Papers are invited that are anecdotic, historic, opinionative, philosophic, provocative, speculative, and the like. The purpose is to stimulate discussion and to entertain.

Submissions in this category will be assessed by the Technical Committee.

Conference Proceedings

The conference papers will be professionally published as a soft bound volume, a copy of which will be included in the registration fee together with an electronic copy containing the papers in digital form. Additional copies of the proceedings will be available for sale after the conference. All papers published and presented at BHR Group conferences will have the abstract available online with Elsevier. This promotes high visibility to a global audience, fast online dissemination of content and increased exposure and profile for authors.

Best Paper Award

ISAVFT is pleased to announce that an award will be provided for the best paper at the Conference. The winner will be chosen by the Technical Committee.