Symposium Scope

​Cardiovascular function and dysfunction are intrinsically governed by the complex interplay between hemodynamic forces and vascular structure. Quantitative characterization of blood flow dynamics—encompassing parameters such as pressure distribution, wall shear stress, flow instabilities, and fluid–structure interactions—is essential to elucidating mechanisms underpinning vascular remodeling, aneurysm formation, plaque progression, and other clinically significant phenomena.

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Recent advances in imaging technologies—especially time - resolved three-dimensional phase-contrast MRI (4D Flow MRI)—have revolutionized in vivo flow assessment by enabling comprehensive volumetric analysis of cardiovascular hemodynamics. These methodologies yield high-resolution visualization and quantification of key flow features, including vector fields, streamlines, vorticity, turbulent kinetic energy, and derived pressure gradients, thereby offering unprecedented insight into physiological and pathological flow processes.

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The 2027 IUTAM symposium will bring together experts from fluid mechanics, fluid–structure interaction, biomedical engineering, applied mathematics, physics, and clinical sciences to:

• Present and discuss state-of-the-art theoretical frameworks and computational models for cardiovascular flows,

• Showcase cutting‐edge experimental and imaging methodologies, and

• Identify emerging research directions that leverage mechanistic insights to improve diagnosis, prognosis, and therapy in cardiovascular health.
   

By integrating multidisciplinary perspectives, this symposium seeks to accelerate scientific discovery and translate mechanical principles into impactful strategies for understanding cardiovascular function and disease.