Magnetic fluid mechanics: a report on an International Advanced Course and Workshop

An International Advanced Course on the Thermomechanics of Magnetic Fluids was held from 3 to 7 October 1977 at the International Centre for Mechanical Sciences (CISM), Udine, Italy, under the direction of B. Berkovsky. The course was a joint CISM/UNESCO undertaking and its general objectives were to assess knowledge in the field, to identify specific problem areas and promising directions for future research and applications, and to assist in the establishment of active relations between national research groups. It was the first conference to bring together the diverse and dispersed community of researchers in the field; there were 34 participants from 16 countries and 19 papers were included in the programme.