Fluid Structure Interaction 2009 is the fifth conference in this successful series. The conference brings together international experts from various application fields to exchange information and knowledge on fluid structure interaction problems, giving them the opportunity to interact with one another and to provide valuable cross breeding of ideas and techniques. Papers presented at the conference cover the following Computational Methods; Experimental Studies and Validation; Flow Induced Vibrations; Acoustics; Hydrodynamic Forces; Offshore Structures; Response of Structures including Fluid Dynamics; Fluid Pipeline Interactions.
Professor Carlos Brebbia is the founder of the Wessex Institute of Technology, a postgraduate research centre. He was born in Argentina & has a PhD from Southampton University in England. He worked in research and academia in England and the U.S., in the field of engineering, before founding the Wessex Institute.