Introduction

AFM 2012 is the ninth International Conference on Advances in Fluid Mechanics. The conference is reconvened following the success of all previous meetings. The first conference in this series took place in New Orleans, USA (1996); followed by Udine, Italy (1998); Montreal, Canada (2000); Ghent, Belgium (2002); Lisbon, Portugal (2004); Skiathos, Greece (2006); the New Forest, UK (2008); and the Algarve, Portugal (2010).

The field of fluid mechanics is vast and has numerous and diverse applications. The conference will cover a wider 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 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 of the latest applications in the field.