ERCOFTAC Spring Festival, April 6-7-8, 2022

Hosted by the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague


Meeting will be held in the lecture room T4:D1-366, third floor of the main building

Technická 4, Praha 6 – Dejvice, 166 07, N 50°6.19100', E 14°23.48700'


Programme


Wednesday, April 6th, 2022

The whole day is dedicated to excursion to various facilities and laboratories of the Czech PC ERCOFTAC members. Some of the facilities are in Prague, some are in other places around. All excursions will be organized in groups, depending on the interest of participants. It is suggested to choose one excursion from the list below:

  1. Aerodynamic laboratory in Nový Knín – offered by the Institute of Thermomechanics, CAS

  2. Centre of Vehicles for Sustainable Mobility in Roztoky u Prahy – offered by the Department of Automotive Engineering, FME CTU

  3. Turbulence laboratory in Prague – offered by the Institute of Thermomechanics, CAS

  4. Fluid mechanics laboratory in Prague – offered by the Department of Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, FME CTU


For all excursions the participants meet on April 6th at 9:00 in front of the main building of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. From this place individual groups of participants will travel to their destinations. Only participants who registered for the excursion can be admitted.


Thursday, April 7th, 2022

This day is reserved for scientific programme, mainly presenting the scientific activities of the Czech PC ERCOFTAC member organizations and their partners.


8:45 – 9:00 Opening – by the Czech PC, CTU and ERCOFTAC representatives

9:00 – 10:30 Presentations by the Department of Automotive Engineering, FME CTU Prague

10:30 – 11:00 Break

11:00 – 12:00 Presentations by Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, BUT Brno

12:00 – 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 – 15:00 Presentations by the Department of Technical Mathematics, FME CTU Prague

15:00 – 16:00 Presentations by Institute of Thermomechanics, Czech Academy of Sciences

16:00 – 16:30 Break

16:30 – 18:00 Presentations by Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. CTU Prague

19:00 – 22:00 Social dinner


Friday, April 8th, 2022

The last day is mainly devoted to administrative meetings of ERCOFTAC bodies


9:00 – 12:00 KNC/SPC Meetings: Presentation of the new members of the Czech PC

12:00 – 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 – 15:30 ERCOFTAC Executive Committee meetings