The concepts of Fluid Flow Control and Metamaterials have rarely intersected so far, although individually, they have been researched by vast dedicated communities for years.
At this Colloquium, we aim to bring together world-leading experts from these two fields and provide a platform for boosting collaborations and developing novel metamaterial solutions for controlling fluid flows. We will introduce the concepts of architected materials and their unprecedented properties to the Thermodynamics and Fluid Dynamics community that is now mainly linked to Applied Mathematics and specific fields of Engineering, including Aerospace, Civil, Chemical, and Biomedical Engineering, which rarely interact with each other. Our colloquium will plant the seeds for forming a new network between Advanced Materials, Applied Mathematics, and Engineering to address persistent problems in Thermo- and Fluid Dynamics related to controlling turbulence and secondary flows, fluid-induced vibrations, thermal exchange, stability issues, etc. This initiative aligns with the objective of the Euromech Society promoting the studies of motion in fluid or solid making the Euromech a perfect umbrella for this event.
For this Colloquium, the central theme will be metamaterials designed to control thermal, acoustic, and fluid flows through solid-fluid interactions and fine-tuned properties. The scientific focus will be, thus, on the following four central research themes that underpin current research along the mentioned directions.
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Elastic and acoustic wave control:
• acoustic and elastic metamaterials
• nonlinear, topological, and tunable elastic metamaterials
• active and multi-functional metamaterials
• ventilated and time-dependent acoustic metasurfaces
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Manufacturing methods and metamaterials characterization:
• additive manufacturing of architected materials
• mechanical, ultrasonic, and acoustic testing of metamaterials
• characterization of metamaterials with integrated sensors, energy harvesters, and other components
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Fluid flow control:
• thermal flow control
• (aero) acoustic flow control
• sonic and hypersonic flow control
• control of hydrodynamic waves
• control of underwater acoustics
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Metamaterial solutions:
• metamaterial absorbers and breakers for water waves
• vibroacoustic and thermoelastic metamaterials
• metamaterial optimization
• inverse and data-driven design of metamaterials
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