Preface

摘要

The 29th International Symposium on Shock Waves (ISSW29) was held in Madison, WI, U.S.A., from July 14 to July 19,2013. It was organized by the Wisconsin Shock Tube Laboratory, which is part of the College of Engineering of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Organizing Committee consisted of Prof. Riccardo Bonazza (conference chair), Prof. Devesh Ranjan (of Georgia Institute of Technology, conference co-chair), Prof. David Rothamer, and Dr. Jason Oakley. The Wisconsin Shock Tube Laboratory was established in 1998 with the dedication of its unique facility: a 9.2 m long, vertical shock tube, with very large, square internal cross section, and structural capability for the firing of M=5 shock waves into atmospheric air. Since the laboratory inception, the main focus of Prof. Bonazza's research group has been the investigation of shock-accelerated inhomogeneous flows, with particular emphasis on the Richrmyer-Meshkov instability and the study of shock-accelerated bubbles.