ATW 2016

Event Successful!

 

The ATW 2016 event has taken place and has been a great success. You find below the original final announcement with links to some papers provided by the lecturers to better prepare to the workshop, and a few selected presentations' slides.

Below a little video commemorative of the event.

Aerospace Thematic Workshops at Aussois - Final Announcement

Fundamentals of Collisions of Fast Particles with Surfaces

September 11-16 2016, CNRS Conference Centre Paul Langevin, Aussois, France

The 2016 AEROSPACE THEMATIC WORKSHOP on "Fundamentals of of Collisions of Fast Particles with Surfaces" will take place during the week of 11-16 September 2016 at the well known CNRS Conference Centre Paul Langevin, Aussois, at the heart of the beautiful French Alps. This is the very first conference of its kind, in a consecrated series dedicated to the fundamental issues of scientific disciplines relevant to aeronautics and space.

Previous editions of the workshops were dedicated to flow and combustion control by plasmas and held in Villa Monastero, Italy (2007), Les Houches (2009, 2011 & 2015) and Aussois (2013).

 

Objectives

The workshop aims to survey the state of the art of our knowledge in the physics and chemistry of high-speed particle collisions (5000 -15000 m/s, several eV energy) with solid surfaces, namely:

  • surface accommodation and subsurface bond breaking and damage
  • chemical abstraction, oxidation, etc.
  • atom exchange reactions
  • emission of radiation, absorption of radiation from the hot boundary layer and the reaction products and subsequent photo-chemistry
  • reaction of the ablated elements with the boundary layer of the incoming fluid flow
  • ionization and plasma formation

All these mechanisms are present in several important applications and industrial domains:

  • Reentry heat shield design and manufacture
  • Energetic material explosive decomposition
  • Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapour Deposition of semi conductors
  • Erosion of electrodes and insulators in plasma thrusters
  • Action of solar wind, Extreme Ultraviolet optics
  • Divertor interactions in fusion machines.

Besides, these issues are of fundamental scientific interest.

A fair level of understanding has been reached in these areas: refined quantum-mechanical approaches are used, sophisticated experimental methodologies have been developed and modelling has reached a high predictive level.

Yet it is felt that further progress may ensue from cross fertilisation between the communities concerned. It is the ambition of this workshop to gather their best leaders in order to discuss modelling of the physical-chemical phenomena, experimental diagnostic strategies, development of more resilient heat shields, better tailored explosives or flawless crystalline deposits. Some of these leaders from Europe, Russia and the USA have expressed their interest in the project and are expected to give very enlightening presentations.

Format

All aspects of particle collisions with surfaces are to be covered, including applications, diagnostics and modelling. Young scientists and students are welcome. To stimulate presentation of novel ideas and open discussions, please note that there are no proceedings, that all participants are expected to attend the entire conference and are encouraged to submit posters. The format is very similar to that of Gordon Research conferences, thus allowing plenty of time for informal discussions and interaction between participants.

The conference is organized by:

Scientific Advisory Committee

The programme will feature twenty invited lectures. Presentations will address fundamental issues, experimental challenges, measurement methods and advanced numerical simulation.

Regular participants are encouraged to submit communications in poster format for review by the Committee.

To foster the exchange of novel ideas, there will be no papers nor proceedings.
 

Program of invited lectures

The program is virtually complete. You can download it here or clicking on the thumbnail below.

Papers Collection

Interested future participants can find below a few articles (published, pre-prints or open access) in no particular order  to read in advance to the meeting to get acquainted with the speakers. The access is restricted to the registered participants. If you are interested, send an This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to request access.

 

 

Lectures

 Below you find the slides of certain lectures (in no particular order) with unpublished results redacted. As the papers above, the access is restricted to the registered participants. If you are interested, send an This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to request access.

Informal unscheduled presentation

 

Posters

 Below you find certain posters (in no particular order). The access is restricted to the registered participants. If you are interested, send an This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to request access.

Venue

The Paul Langevin conference centre is located at an elevation of 1500m, 7 km from the city of Modane with direct rail links to Paris and Turin. For details, please consult the conference centre webpage.

Easy access at all seasons

By road, motorway and/or railway (TGV to Modane from Paris). By plane: national airports (Chambéry, Annecy) or international airports (Lyon, Geneva,Turin) and direct link with Modane by motorway.
Bus rental available in Modane for pick-up or tour

Access map


 


For information, contact Christa Balzer
Tel : +33 (0) 4 79 20 42 05
Fax : +33 (0) 4 79 20 30 44

 

Registration, fees and relevant documents

 

This Application Form (doc or pdf format) must be used to apply for participation to the workshop.

If you wish to apply, please e-mail the Application Form to Jean-Pierre Taran soon because we anticipate that the workshop will be over-subscribed.

When your application is accepted, your room will be reserved by us and you will receive a notification and an invoice via email.

This Poster-Submission Form (doc or pdf format) is required if you wish to submit a poster presentation.

Complete information concerning posters is contained on that form.

Please find below the event fees for the participants categories considered:

    Early Bird   After 15th July 2016
Student   200   260
Regular   500   600
CIS National   250   300

Please note that cancellation fees apply if the request comes in the last six weeks before the event.

They confer the participant 2-year membership to the Eucass association and reduced registration fee at the forthcoming Eucass congress (see last conference website here).

The fee is to be paid by bank transfer to Beneficiary Eucass:

Account BNP-PARIBAS-FORTIS
IBAN BE07 0015 0676 5866
BIC: GEBABEBB

Please be sure to mention “ATW collisions” and your name to facilitate tracking of your payment.


In addition to the workshop fees, there will be a flat rate fee for accommodation, lunches, dinners and coffee breaks of about 500 euros (rate from Sunday evening till Friday in single room). This fee must be paid directly to the Paul Langevin Center upon arrival.

It is possible to stay in a double room for a reduced fee of 450 euros. Please indicate this on sending the application form.

Payment for the accommodation can be made by credit card (except American Express), checks or cash.

 
 

Contact

P. Roca

S. Starikovskaia

C. Laux

J-P. Taran

We look forward to meeting you there!

 

 

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