The chairs of the 35th International Symposium on Shock Waves (ISSW35) are proud to be hosting the 2025 session of the Shock Waves Symposia ‘Shock Waves Down Under’. The main event will be held on the St Lucia Campus of The University of Queensland from July 6 to 11. It will be preceded by a one day workshop on Saturday 5 July on shock tube technology on the UQ Campus, and followed by one day workshops on wind tunnel free-flight testing and re-entry emission signatures on the UniSQ Toowoomba campus on Monday 14 July. A full program of distinguished plenary speakers will present material on selected topics of special interest and relevance to current and future global activities. A program of activities for partner registrants will be organised during the week around popular local locations and infrastructure.
Papers are invited on any aspects of shock waves and the associated technologies, covering the full spectrum from fundamental studies to engineering, medical and commercial applications, and may encompass any form of analytical, numerical and experimental approaches and historical reviews. Sessions will be clustered into groups with closely related topics to facilitate constructive interaction between researchers with overlapping and complimentary subject matter. The list under the Call for Papers tab below indicates the provisional designation of the sessions, which follows closely those from previous meetings. The format may be adjusted depending on the distribution and scope of papers received. Authors whose topics fall outside the nominal range of the listed topics are still encouraged to submit abstracts, and session titles may be adjusted accordingly.
The timetable of events and the sequence for abstract paper submission, review and publication are listed to the right and a tentative draft conference program is listed in the Program at a Glance tab below. Student presentations will be especially welcome, as will entries from all ‘corners’ of the globe, subject to Australian visa requirements.
The Chairs of the Symposium hereby cordially invite submissions from and all and any who interact with the fascinating world of shock waves.
Co-Chairs of Shock Waves Down Under:
Richard Morgan, UQ
Harald Kleine, UNSW
David Buttsworth, UniSQ
The International Symposia on Shock Waves (ISSW) are the meetings of the scientific community devoted to the study and the use of shock-wave related phenomena and their applications. Since the inception of the ISSW in 1957, ISSW has served as an authoritative platform for the international scientific community to meet and exchange ideas on the study of shock-wave related phenomena and their applications. The ISSW is held once every two years, frequently at venues in close proximity to centres of activity in the field.
Shock waves are generated in various media such as gases, liquids, and solids, and are often accompanied by interesting yet complicated interactions. The extensive range of topics covered by the presentations at ISSW may be divided into numerous applications, such as combustion, high-speed flight, detonations, propulsion, physical chemistry, materials, medicine, biology, and geology; the use and development of devices and facilities that generate shock waves, such as shock tubes and shock tunnels, with the associated technology including measurement and diagnostic techniques, as well as fundamental studies such as reflection and refraction of shocks, their interaction with vortices, Richtmyer-Meshkov instabilities, chemical kinetics, and many other important phenomena.
The last ISSW was hosted in Daegu, South Korea in 2022 (https://www.issw34.org/).
ISSW is supported by the International Shock Wave Institute (ISWI) (https://iswi.jp/) and the ISSW International Advisory Committee.
Important work in the field of Shock Waves is chronicled in the journal Shock Waves (https://www.springer.com/journal/193).
Co-chairs:
| Professor Richard Morgan | The University of Queensland |
| Associate Professor Harald Kleine | The University of New South Wales |
| Professor David Buttsworth | The University of Southern Queensland |
Local Organising Committee:
| Dr Chris James | The University of Queensland |
| Dr David Gildfind | The University of Queensland |
| Dr Rowan Gollan | The University of Queensland |
| Professor Timothy McIntyre | The University of Queensland |
| Dr Tamara Sopek | The University of Southern Queensland |
| Associate Professor Fabian Zander | The University of Southern Queensland |
| Associate Professor Ingo Jahn | The University of Southern Queensland |
| Dr Yu Liu | The University of Queensland |
| Mr Toby van den Herik | The University of Queensland |
| Mr Matthew Uren | The University of Queensland |
| Ms Daisy -May Joslyn | The University of Queensland |
International Advisory Committee:
ISSW35 International Advisory Committee Details are still being finalised.
A tentative ISSW35 program can be found below. Please click on the image to see an enlarged version.
Abstracts are sought under the following topics:
- Atmospheric Entry
- Blast Waves
- Chemical Kinetics
- Chemically Reactive Flows
- Detonation, Combustion and Ignition
- Diagnostics and Flow Visualization
- Facilities and Instrumentation
- High Enthalpy Gas Dynamics
- Medical and Biological Applications
- Multiphase Flows
- Nozzle Flows and Supersonic Jets
- Numerical Methods
- Plasmadynamics and Magnetohydrodynamics
- Propulsion
- Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability
- Shock Induced Surface Chemistry Interactions
- Shock Wave Interaction with Various Media
- Shock Wave Reflection, Interaction, and Focussing
- Shock Waves in Dense Gases
- Shock Waves in Internal Flows
- Shock Waves in Liquids
- Shock Waves in Rarefied Gases
- Shock Waves in Solids
- Shock/Boundary Layer Interaction
- Shock-Vortex Interaction
- Supersonic and Hypersonic Flows
Abstract submission information and requirements will be forthcoming.
Conference Venue:
ISSW35 will be held at the University of Queensland's (UQ) St Lucia campus in downtown Brisbane, Australia. UQ is a top 50 ranked university in the world and through UQ's Centre for Hypersonics, UQ is a leading world university in hypersonic and shock wave research.
UQ's St Lucia campus houses several major hypersonic test facilities, such as the T4 Stalker Tube (shown below) and the X2 expansion tube, which will be able to be toured during the conference.
Getting to the Conference
Brisbane is well connected through the Brisbane International Airport (BNE). There are regular direct flights to and from Brisbane into most of Asia and to the East Coast of the USA. Generally, major cities in the rest of the world can be accessed via a single connecting flight.
Further information about destinations which can be reached from Brisbane can be found on the Brisbane International Airport website.
Host City: Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital of the Australian state of Queensland. Being a semi-tropical climate, Brisbane is a great place to visit in winter when ISSW35 will be held. Information about accomodation and restaurants specifically related to ISSW35 will be provided at a later date, but generic information about Brisbane can be found below.
Registration:
Conference registration information and prices will be forthcoming.
Visa:
Information for those requiring visas to come to the conference will be forthcoming.
Australia:
Further information about Australia will be forthcoming.
For general enquiries, please email issw35@uq.edu.au
Key Dates
| Abstract submission open | 30 September 2024 |
| Abstract submission close | 20 December 2024 |
| Abstract acceptance notification | 14 February 2025 |
| Full paper submission open | 10 March 2025 |
| Full paper submission close | 30 May 2025 |
| Early bird registration start | 3 March 2025 |
| Early bird registration end | 30 May 2025 |
ISSW35 acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land where the conference will be held, the Turrbal and Jagera people, and pay our respects to Elders past, present, and emerging. We celebrate the stories, culture and traditions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders of all communities who also work and live on this land.