For a general description of our activities, please check the ERCOFTAC SIG40 Description Webpage. Records of the meetings of the Steering Committee can be found on the SC_meetings page.

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Upcoming Events and Activities:​​

• Course on Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics numerical methods, Parma, Italy (hybrid), 18-28 November 2024

• 19th SPHERIC World Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 17-19 June 2025

• IX International Conference on Particle-Based Methods (PARTICLES 2025), Barcelona, Spain, 20-22 October 2025

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Past Events and Activities:

2024

• 2024 SPHERIC Zhuhai International Workshop, Zhuhai, China, 18-20 October 2024 (videos here)

• SPH Online VI, 6th Online International Workshop on SPH (focus topic: Stability, Consistency, Convergence), 4 October, 2024

• 4th Hands-On Course on Experimental and Numerical Modelling, Florence, Italy, 1-5 July 2024

• SIG Meeting 11: Diverse applications of SPH and related particle methods, University of Manchester, UK, 4 July 2024

• 18th International SPHERIC Workshop, Berlin, Germany, 18-20 June 2024

• 7th DualSPHysics Workshop, Bari, Italy, 20-21 March 2024

• Particle Methods and Applications Conference, Santa Fe NM, United States, 22-24 January 2024

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2023

• SPH-SIG/CCP-WSI Joint Meeting, Bristol, UK, 3 November 2023

• SPH Online V, 5th Online International Workshop on SPH (focus topic: SPH & Industry), 6 October, 2023

• Particles Course 2023, Milan, Italy, 7-8 October 2023

• VIII International Conference on Particle-Based methods (PARTICLES 2023), Milan, Italy, 9-11 October 2023

• Course on SPH modelling of WECs and structures for coastal protection, Salerno, Italy, ​28-29 September 2023

• 3rd Hands-On Course on Experimental and Numerical Modelling, Florence, Italy, 10-14 July 2023

• 17th International SPHERIC Workshop, Rhodes, Greece, 27-29 June 2023

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2022

• Short course on Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics numerical methods, University of Parma, Italy, 21 Nov - 01 Dec 2022

• 6th DualSPHysics Workshop, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, 25-27 October 2022

• SPH Online IV, 4th Online International Workshop on SPH, 12 September 2022

• 16th International SPHERIC Workshop, University of Catania, Italy, 7-9 June 2022
• 2022 SPHERIC Xi'an International Workshop, North Western Polytechnic University, Xi'an, China, 28 March - 1 April 2022

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2021

• Virtual course on Smoothed particle Hydrodynamics numerical methods, University of Parma, Italy, 5 -15 October 2021

• PARTICLES COURSE 2021, Short Course on Particle Based Methods in Engineering and Applied Science, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany, 2-3 October 2021

• DIVE 2021 USER CONFERENCE, Munich, 13-14 September 2021

• SPH Online III, 3rd Online International Workshop on SPH, 6 September 2021

• 15th International SPHERIC Workshop, New Jersey Institute of Technology, United States, 8-11 June 2021

• Virtual 5th DualSPHysics Users Workshop, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, 15-17 March 2021

• SPH Online II, 2nd Online International Workshop on SPH, 29 March 2021

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2020

• Focus Session on "SPH and Mesh Free Methods" at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Chicago, 22-24 November 2020

• Virtual course on Smoothed particle Hydrodynamics numerical methods, University of Parma, Italy, 19 - 22 October 2020

• 2020 SPHERIC Harbin International Workshop, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, China, 13-16 January 2020

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2019

• UK Fluids Network SPH Special Interest Group meetings: i) SPH & Industry, Brunel University, Cambridge, 10 July 2019; ii) SPH: Greatest Hits (so far), Durham University. 28-29 November 2019

• Focus Session on SPH at the 72nd Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society’s Division of Fluid Dynamics (DFD), Seattle, US, 23-26 November 2019

• PARTICLES 2019, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, 28-30 October 2019

• Short course on DualSPHysics: a SPH-based method for engineering. University of Salerno, Italy, 5-6 September 2019

• 14th International SPHERIC Workshop, University of Exeter, United Kingdom, 25-27 June 2019

• Short course on Smoothed particle Hydrodynamics numerical methods, University of Parma, Italy, 19-21 February 2019

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2018

• 4th DualSPHysics Users Workshop, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, 22-24 October 2018

• 13th International SPHERIC Workshop, National University of Ireland, GALWAY, Ireland, 26-28 June 2018

• 5th IAHR Europe Congress, University of Trento, Italy, 12-14 June 2018: includes the session “Alternative numerical methods for free-surface flows"

• Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) 2-day CPD Course, University of Manchester, UK,  April 2018

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2017

• 12th International SPHERIC Workshop, Universidade de Vigo, OURENSE, Spain, 13-15 June 2017

• 2017 SPHERIC Beijing International Workshop, Peking University (PKU) in Beijing, China, 17-20 October 2017

• 3rd DualSPHysics Users Workshop, University of Parma, Italy, 13-15 November 2017

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2016

• Multiphase flows in SPH, University of Parma, 20 May 2016

• 11th International SPHERIC Workshop, Technical University of Munich, Germany, 14-16 June 2016

• 2nd DualSPHysics Users Workshop, University of Manchester, U.K., 6-7 December 2016

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2015

• 1st DualSPHysics Users Workshop, University of Manchester, U.K., 8-9 September 2015

• 10th International SPHERIC Workshop, University of Parma, Italy, 16-18 June, 2015. Keynote presentation available here

 

2014

• 9th International SPHERIC Workshop, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM), Paris, France, 3-5 June, 2014

• Flanders Hydraulics SPH Workshop, 7th February 2014 at Flanders Hydraulics Research, Berchemlei 115, 2140, Antwerp, Belgium

• 2-day short course on SPH, University of Manchester, 23-24 January 2014

 

2013

• GPUSPH Training Day, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM), Paris, 10 December 2013

• UK Meshless Methods Network: SPH - Grand Challenges and State-of-the-art for Industrial Applications, University of Manchester, 10th October 2013

• 8th International SPHERIC Workshop, Sintef, Trondheim, Norway, 4-6 June, 2013

• 2-day short course on SPH, University of Manchester, 24-25 January 2013

 

2012

• 7th International SPHERIC Workshop, University of Monash, Prato Campus, Italy, 29-31 May, 2012

• 2-day short course on SPH, University of Manchester, 2-3 February 2012

 

2011

• 6th International SPHERIC Workshop, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany, 8-11 June 2011

• 2-day short course on SPH, University of Manchester, 7-8 April 2011

 

2010

• 2nd UK Astrophysics SPH Forum, University of Manchester, UK, 21-22 June 2010

• 5th International SPHERIC Workshop, University of Manchester, UK, 23-25 June 2010

• 2-day short course on SPH, University of Manchester, 8-9 April 2010

 

2009

• 1st UK Astrophysics SPH Forum , Nottingham, UK, 19-20 August 2009

• 4th International SPHERIC Workshop, Ecole Centrale de Nantes, Nantes, France, 26-29 May 2009

 

2008

• 3rd International SPHERIC Workshop, 4-6 June 2008, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

 

2007

• Special session on SPH at IAHR Congress, Venice 2007

• 2nd International SPHERIC Workshop, May 2007, Madrid

 

2006

• 1st International SPHERIC Workshop, May 2006, Rome

 

2005

• Inaugural Meeting, Oct. 2005, EDF, Chatou, France