A Symposium on Aerothermodynamics of Combustors was held at the
Institute of Applied Mechanics of the National Taiwan University from 3
to 5 June 1991 and was attended by 130 delegates from eight countries.
The topics of the forty formal presentations included measurements and
calculations of isothermal simulations and of combusting flows with one
and two phases, and with consideration of configurations ranging from
simple diffusion to gas-turbine flows. The discussions inside and
outside of the Symposium Hall were lively and an open forum session
demonstrated the range of opinions currently and strongly held. The
International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics initiated the
Symposium under the chairmanship of Professor R S L Lee and with the
Scientific Committee listed below. It benefited from sponsorship, again
as listed below, and from contributors who presented interesting and
up-to-date descriptions of their research. Invited lectures were
delivered by Professors R Bilger and F Weinberg and set the scene in
terms of quality of material and presentation.