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8th Australasian Heat and Mass Transfer Conference.
July, 25-29, 2005, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia

DOI: 10.1615/ICHMT.2005.AustHeatMassTransfConf


ISBN Print: 978-1-56700-235-5

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DOI: 10.1615/ICHMT.2005.AustHeatMassTransfConf.10
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ABSTRACT

The Australasian Heat and Mass Transfer Conference is tri-annual research forum in Australia organised under the auspices of the Australasian Fluid and Thermal Engineering Society (AFTES) for disseminating new knowledge to the global research community. This conference series covers both fundamental and applied topics in broad areas of convection, conduction, radiation, turbulence, multi-phase flow, combustion, drying, heat exchangers, computational methods, experimental methods, and other significant thermal processes in environmental, industrial, fire studies. The Eighth Australasian Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (8AHMTC) was held during 26-29 July 2005 at Curtin University of Technology in Perth, Western Australia.
As a research forum, 8AHMTC demonstrated a great success particularly in view of the tight timeframe and many logistical hurdles confronted by the organising committee. The conference attracted international participants from a range of countries including USA, Japan, Italy, Australia and Singapore. 5 keynote lectures were delivered and 44 contributed papers were presented at the conference. As a testament to the quality, nine of 8AHMTC papers have been chosen and published in the Australian Journal of Mechanical Engineering (AJME), Vol. 4, No. 1.
8AHMTC was a very timely event for the State of Western Australia whose engineering industry enjoys a "resource boom" with unprecedented demand within the State for heat and mass transfer expertise. The conference theme readily captured this rejuvenated attention from engineering profession with wider participation and acted as a catalyst for future industry-academic partnerships. 8AHMTC also made a distinctive mark as the first-ever heat and mass transfer held in Western Australia.
The success of 8AHMTC culminated through the efforts of many involved. We wish to acknowledge the unyielding commitment from the local organising members that transpired into a conference of exemplary quality. Also, we express our deepest gratitude for the international advisory committee for immensely valuable advice and the panel of reviewers who undertook the onerous task of assessing the submitted papers for acceptance. We profusely thank Prof John Reizes of University of Technology Sydney and Prof Tony Lucey of Curtin University of Technology for their advice and guidance, and Mr Arun d'Souza of Engineers Australia for facilitating industry involvement. We also gratefully acknowledge the enthusiastic participation by the keynote speakers, Prof Richard Goldstein (USA), Prof Gian Piero Celata (Italy), Prof Nihal Wijeysundera (Singapore), Prof Ryosuke Suzuki (Japan) and Prof Steven Armfield (Australia), who added distinction to the conference, and all the other authors who inspirationally presented their work.
Tilak T Chandratilleke Ramesh Narayanaswamy Editors-8th Australasian Heat and Mass Transfer Conference 26-29 July 2005, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia Finally, we wish to thank the conference sponsors, Australasian Fluid and Thermal Engineering Society (AFTES), Curtin University of Technology and Engineers Australia for providing financial and in-kind support, and Begell House Inc. for proceedings publication.

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