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Preface

This CD-ROM contains the papers presented at the Fifth European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics (ECCOMAS CFD 2010), held in Lisbon, Portugal, 14-17 June 2010. The European Community of Computational Methods in Applied Sciences (ECCOMAS) was created in 1993 and previous editions of ECCOMAS CFD conferences were held in Stuttgart (1994), Athens (1998), Swansea (2001) and Egmond aan Zee (2006). Furthermore, computational fluid dynamics, computational mechanics and related fields have been a major topic at the ECCOMAS congresses held in Brussels (1992), Paris (1996), Barcelona (2000), Jyvaskyla (2004) and Venice (2008).

The goal of the ECCOMAS CFD conferences is to periodically bring together researchers, industrialists and students working in the fields of the science of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). The fields of interest are the applications of mathematical and computational methods and the modelling of different areas: CFD, computational acoustics, computational magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), computational mathematics and numerical methods, optimization and control, computational methods in life sciences and industrial applications.

The "Call for Papers" for CFD 2010 produced an excellent response with over 900 submissions including 40 Minisymposia coming from around 60 countries. The abstracts were reviewed by the CFD Programme Committee and approximately 550 papers (including 36 Minisymposia) were selected for oral presentation. In addition 62 papers were selected for poster presentation. We would like to express our sincere appreciation to all members of the various local and international committees involved in this Congress for all their efforts, and as well as the contributing authors and participants.

An important contribution is made by the Invited Speakers, whose plenary presentations give a timely and authoritative survey of various facets of the field and by the Minisymposia organizers that provide focus on special themes. As in preceding ECCOMAS conferences, links between academic research and industrial applications are strengthened by incorporation of Special Technological Sessions.

Finally, the conference organizers wish to acknowledge the financial support provided by the sponsors.

José C. F. Pereira, Adélia Sequeira, José M. Chaves Pereira