Welcome to TSFP14 in Heidelberg

On behalf of the local organizing committee, consisting of Martin Oberlack (chair), Jeanette Hussong, Suad Jakirlic, Yongqi Wang, from Technical University of Darmstadt, and Bettina Frohnapfel, Markus Uhlmann, from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, we would like to cordially invite you to submit an abstract to the 14th International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena (TSFP14). TSFP14 will take place in the picturesque and beautiful city of Heidelberg, from July 28 to 31, 2026.

Heidelberg is a city of science with a long history that is closely linked to its 600-year-old university, the oldest in Germany. At the same time, Heidelberg is a popular tourist destination with its world-famous majestic castle, the romantic medieval old town and its picturesque location at the Neckar river, nestled between the beautiful Odenwald low mountain range and the Rhine plain. Heidelberg is located in the center of Germany and is perfectly accessible via Frankfurt Airport and by trains via many major cities in Germany and Europe.

We would be very pleased to welcome you in Heidelberg.

TSFP series

The series of biennial TSFP symposia is the principal venue for reporting and disseminating recent and ongoing research on turbulence and shear flow phenomena. Previous successful TSFP symposia were held in Santa Barbara, California (1999), Stockholm, Sweden (2001), Sendai, Japan (2003), Williamsburg, Virginia (2005)†, Munich, Germany (2007), Seoul, Korea (2009), Ottawa, Canada (2011), Poitiers, France (2013), Melbourne, Australia (2015), Chicago, USA (2017), Southampton, UK (2019), Osaka, Japan (2022), and Montreal, Canada (2024). The symposium will feature invited speakers, peer-reviewed conference proceedings and poster presentations.

More about the TSFP symposia:

A historical note

List of TSFP symposia

Previous conference proceedings

TSFP14

Like the previous 13 TSFP symposia, TSFP14 provides the opportunity to report new discoveries and developments in the fundamental and applied research on turbulence and shear flow phenomena. In addition to the classic focal points such as experiment, simulation, theory and modelling, AI-based methods will continue to gain in importance significantly complementing the foregoing methods. The organizers of TSFP14 wish to give particular emphasis to the following topics:

Instability and transition to turbulence	Turbulence and heat/mass transfer control
New modelling, simulation and experimental techniques for turbulent flows	Plasma and MHD turbulence
Turbulence in reacting and multiphase systems	Biological, biomedical and clinical flows
Noise generation and fluid-structure interaction	Compressible flows
Environmental and geophysical turbulence	Machine learning, data assimilation and turbulent flow reconstruction

Highlights of TSFP14

Invited Speakers

Prof. Bérengère Dubrulle	National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) Paris Saclay, France
Prof. Rama Govindarajan	Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India
Prof. Megan Leftwich	George Washington University, USA
Dr. Florian Menter	Ansys Germany GmbH, Germany
Prof. Carlos Pantano-Rubino	University of Southern California, USA

Banquet Dinner in Heidelberg Castle

Heidelberg Castle is one of the most famous ruins in Germany and the landmark of the city of Heidelberg. Until its destruction in the War of the Palatinate Succession, it was the residence of the Electors of the Palatinate. Since its destruction by the soldiers of Louis XIV in 1689 and its demolition by French sappers on September 6, 1693, Heidelberg Castle has been only partially restored. The castle ruins rise 80 meters above the valley floor on the northern slope of the Königstuhl and dominate the image of the old town from there. Today it is one of the most visited tourist attractions in Europe.