The PAMIR 2026 conference provides a unique forum for scientists, researchers, and engineers to present and discuss recent advances in magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), electrohydrodynamics (EHD), and related disciplines.
The scope of the conference covers both fundamental aspects and applied research, with emphasis on theoretical, experimental, and computational studies.
Contributions are invited in (but not limited to) the following areas:
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- 1) Fundamental and Generalized MHD
Fundamental principles, model flows, and analytical approaches to magnetohydrodynamics. Classical MHD, Hall MHD effects, turbulence, stability theory, transport phenomena, and hybrid theoretical models.
Dynamics of liquid metals and conducting fluids with deformable surfaces, capillary and interfacial instabilities under electric and magnetic fields. - 2) Geophysical & Astrophysical MHD / High-Rm Flows
Planetary and stellar dynamos, astrophysical plasmas, high magnetic Reynolds number turbulence, and large-scale flow instabilities.
- 3) Liquid Metal Technologies and Fusion Systems
Use of liquid metals in heat transfer, cooling loops, pumps, and blanket systems for fusion reactors and other industrial applications.
- 4) Electro-Magnetic Processing & Materials Engineering
Application in metallurgy, crystal growth, electrodeposition, magnetoelectrolysis, purification, and advanced materials processing.
- 5) Arc & Plasma Physics
Physics of vacuum and atmospheric arcs, plasma–electrode interactions, and arc instabilities. Cold, thermal, and fusion plasmas; plasma confinement, diagnostics, and modeling. Applications to remelting, welding, and high-energy conversion systems.
- 6) Energy Conversion, Propulsion & MEHD Devices
MHD/MEHD generators, plasma and marine propulsion, energy harvesting, nuclear applications, and advanced conversion systems.
- 7) Ferrofluids, Nanofluids & Smart Magnetic Fluids
Physics and applications of ferrofluids and magnetic nanofluids in biomedical, thermal management, and energy-related technologies.
- 8) Magnetostatics, Field Design & Flow Control
Static and quasi-static magnetic fields, design of magnetic field configurations, and their applications in flow control and confinement.
- 9) Electrohydrodynamics, Electrokinetics & Coupled Phenomena
Fluid–electric field interactions, ionic transport, electrokinetic instabilities, and multiphysics couplings involving thermal and chemical effects.
- 10) Emerging Methods, Multiphysics & Computational Advances
Novel experimental techniques, high-performance computing, machine learning applications, and multiphysics simulations for complex MHD/EHD systems.