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XXI BIENNIAL SYMPOSIUM ON “MEASURING TECHNIQUES IN TURBOMACHINERY”
Transonic and Supersonic Flow in Cascades and Turbomachines
22nd – 23rd March 2012
Valencia, Spain

Symposium organizers:
Guillermo Paniagua: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
José R. Serrano: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

INTRODUCTION
The biennial symposium on Measuring Techniques in Turbomachinery has reached its XXI edition, and it will take place for the first time in Spain. After the Milano Symposium in 2010, the 2012 edition of the Symposium will be organized by the Research Institute CMT-Motores Térmicos at the Universitat Politècnica de València. The Symposium will cover the most up-to-date aerodynamic and heat transfer measurement techniques in Turbomachinery from low speed to supersonic regimes, using intrusive as well as optical techniques, including micro-sensors, and applying innovative data processing techniques.

This XXI biennial symposium on Measuring Techniques in Turbomachinery will be hosted by the Research Institute CMT-Motores Térmicos at the Universitat Politècnica de València on the 22nd and 23rd of March 2012. The focus will be on two items, namely the development of new experimental measurement techniques and novel data processing techniques. The sessions will be arranged as workshops where discussions between the speaker and researchers will be promoted. The Symposium scheduling will provide time, in formal and informal sessions, for discussion on the current problems related to shortages or failures in the different approaches to trigger solutions and/or alternative procedures. An electronic copy (on a USB key) of all the papers will be distributed to all the symposium participants at the beginning of the Symposium.

OBJECTIVE

The objective of this symposium is to provide a forum for researchers from universities, research institutes and industry to get together, discuss problems and share experiences involved in making measurements in turbomachines. The symposium covers the development of measurement techniques for the study of aero-thermal phenomena in components such as cascades, compressors, turbines, turbochargers, engines and power plants.

PROPOSED TOPICS

Experimental techniques and data-reduction methods: novel concepts, advanced optical and time-resolved instrumentation, MEMS, test rig design, novel mathematical methods applied to experimental data, experimental aero-acoustics.

Industrial application of advanced measurement techniques: performance measurements, engine and turbochargers deterioration measurement, high temperature instrumentation.

INSTRUCTION FOR AUTHORS
Contributions should concentrate on the development and experience in measurement techniques in the environment of turbomachines. Emphasis should be put on the most recent on-going research and in the proposed procedure, not on the results.

An extended abstract should be submitted no later than the 2nd of December 2011. All abstracts should be written in MS Word using the template provided on the symposium web site (www.cmt.upv.es/meastery).
A typical abstract should be self contained as a description of the research work, between 600 to 800 words long including figures and tables. Following the review comments, the final version of the paper should be produced by the 17th of February in MS Word using the template provided on the symposium web site. The paper should allow participants to get a good overview of the range of research activities and problems encountered. It is hoped that this will encourage discussion and interaction between participants.

The presentation should not exceed 20 minutes, to allow 10 minutes for further discussion. Presentations should not include a discussion of experimental data, experimental facilities or standard measurement equipment except where they are used to demonstrate the advantages/disadvantages of the new measurement technique. Emphasis should be made on the technique and data-processing and evaluation themselves.

SCHEDULE

• 2011 December 2nd Deadline for the submission of the extended abstracts
• 2012 January 13th Notification of acceptance
• 2012 February 17th Final paper to be submitted by
• 2012 March 2nd Registration deadline
• 2012 March 22nd- 23rd Symposium

SYMPOSIUM FEE
The conference fee is 175 EUR, includes lunches, beverages, banquet dinner, USB key, and administrative costs. To encourage greater participation in the symposium by university members, fellowships will be awarded to the first ten university students completing the registration. The recipient of a fellowship is entitled to attend the symposium at the reduced fee of 100 EUR. The request to be considered for this fellowship must be accompanied by a copy of the University Student card and a recommendation letter from his or her professor.

For more information and registration, visit the website: www.cmt.upv.es/meastery

Location : Universitat Politècnica de València