Editors: Dr. S.D. Sharma
published quarterly • ISSN
1756-8315 • 2008 journal prices/format options
Volume 1 to be published quarterly, Number 1 in March 2009
Scope
The domain of fluid sciences is vast. The more we explore, the more we discover
its omnipresence influencing our everyday life. It is therefore not surprising
that over the years there has been a steady and significant rise in the number
of journals that publish numerous fluid related research articles spanning
various disciplines of physics, engineering and biology. Being both multidisciplinary
and interdisciplinary in nature, the subject of fluid mechanics provides boundless
opportunities for research with multitude scales ranging from a few nanometers
in the field of biofluid mechanics to the several kilometers encountered in
the field of environmental fluid mechanics.
While the overall research contributions in the field of fluid mechanics have been overwhelming, there are some emerging areas that are making rapid progress and need special attention. In fact, a host of journals publishing without distinguishing between these two make it difficult for the fluid mechanics community, the contributors as well as the readers, to choose a journal for a particular emerging area.
It is therefore appropriate to start a new journal, which will act as a source for dissemination of the latest information on research advances in the following specific emerging areas.
Biofluid mechanics: complex movement of biological fluids, cardiovascular and pulmonary systems, development of prostheses and study of their behavior, blood pumps, microfluidic filter systems, drug delivery, etc. Nano and Micro fluid mechanics: micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), nanofluidics, microfluids, microchannel flows, spray and aerosols, etc. Thermal fluid mechanics: combustion instability, cooling of electronics chips, heat transportation, etc. Engineering fluid mechanics: synthetic jets, vortex flows, drag reduction, road vehicles and train aerodynamics, turbulent mixing, wind turbines, control of flow separation, etc. Environmental fluid mechanics: atmospheric boundary layer, oceanic waves, wind induced avalanche, tornados, hurricane, cloud dynamics, pollutants dispersion, etc.
Dr. S.D. Sharma,
Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay,
Powai, Mumbai 400076, India
Charles Chun Yang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Olaf Wünsch, Institute of Mechanics, University of Kassel, Germany
Satoyuki Kawano, Department of Mechanical Science and Bioengineering, University of Tokyo, Japan
Shou Ting Gao, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
Ganesh Raman, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL 60616, USA
Jacob Cohen, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
Sutanu Sarkar, University of California at San Diego
Josua Petrus Meyer, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Hyung Jin Sung, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Republic of Korea