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The
Colloquium is contemplated as a continuation of the previous
three colloquia on detonations (''Advances in Experimentation
and Computation of Detonations'' held in St. Petersburg,
September 14-17, 1998, co-sponsored by ONR, RFBR, and
ENAS - Research & Education Co.; ''Control
of Detonation Processes'' held in Moscow, July 4-7,
2000, co-sponsored by ONR and RFBR; and ''Advances
in Confined Detonations'' held in Moscow, July 2-5,
2002, co-sponsored by ONR and RFBR).
The
objective of the Colloquium is to provide a forum to disseminate
to the scientific community the international state-of-the-art,
and advancements made in experimental and computational,
fundamental and applied studies relevant to propulsion
systems operating on gaseous and heterogeneous reactive
media, and to determine the avenues of research that is
needed to design pulse detonation engines for propulsion
and stationary power plants. The primary focus of the
Colloquium will be to transfer the scientific accomplishments
to commercial, industrial, and other applications of interest.
TRANSPORTATION
The
city of Pushkin is about 15-minute drive from the St.
Petersburg International Airport 'Pulkovo-II,' and about
25-30-minute drive from St. Petersburg.
View
the map
To
get to the Kochubei's Mansion-House from the Airport,
take a taxi to Pushkin, Ulitsa (Street) Radishcheva, Dom
(House) 4. The approximate price is 400-500 rubles (1
USD = 28 roubles).
To
get to the Kochubei's Mansion-House from St. Petersburg,
take metro and go to station ''Moskovskaya.'' Take public
taxi T-20 or K-286 (approximate price is 20 rubles). Get
out of the taxi on the cross of Parkovaya Ulitsa and Sadovaya
Ulitsa in Pushkin (see the map on the back cover). Then
follow the map.
On
Sunday, July 4, and Monday, July 5, the Local Organizing
Committee will provide a shuttle bus to pick up the participants
at the St. Petersburg International Airport 'Pulkovo-II.'
The participants are requested to inform the Colloquium
organizers about arrival time and flight number in advance.
ACCOMMODATION
In
June and July, St. Petersburg area is crowded with tourists,
and hotel accommodation in the city and suburbs is very
problematic. Therefore, the Local Organizing Committee
reserved a limited number of rooms in the hotel connected
with the Colloquium site (Kochubei's Mansion-House). The
rates of rooms, including breakfast, are shown below:
Single
75 USD
Double 85 USD
Suite 90 USD
Note
the hotel accepts only cash payments in national currency
- rubles - according to the hotel exchange rate.
To
book a room, please contact the Local Organizing Committee
by e-mail or fax and indicate the dates of stay and a
room category chosen. Our confirmation will serve as a
guarantee for your accommodation. No advance payment is
required; however, the Organizing Committee will charge
you 20 USD for hotel reservation. The reservation charge
should be added to the Registration Fee. In case of late
reservation, the Organizing Committee cannot guarantee
availability of rooms at Kochubei's Mansion-House.
VISA
FORMALITIES
A
valid passport and visa are required to enter Russian
Federation. In most countries, such a visa can be obtained
from Russian Consulates based on the formal invitation
issued by the Russian Ministry for Foreign Affairs. The
Organizing Committee will help to arrange such an invitation
for you. To get it, please mail or e-mail a scanned copy
of the first page (with photo) of your passport to the
Local Organizing Committee (please check the quality of
the copy: it should be very clear, otherwise you will
be asked to provide a better copy). In addition, please
e-mail the following personal information (see Visa Application
Form enclosed): (1) first name, (2) middle name, (3) last
name, (4) sex, (5) date of birth, (6) place of birth,
(7) country of birth, (8) citizenship, (9) country and
city where you live permanently, (10) passport number,
(11) its date of issue, (12) its expiration date, (13)
affiliation, (14) position, (15) official address (Post
Zip, country, city, street, house No., phone No., fax
No. - mandatory!), (16) home address, (17) period of stay
in Russian Federation, (18) visited cities (St. Petersburg,
Moscow, etc.), (19) the city where you are planning to
apply for visa (city in your country where the Russian
Consulate is located). The same information is required
for all accompanying persons.
According
to current regulations, we should submit this information
to local authorities not earlier than 45 days and not
later than 30 days before your visit. Taking into account
that additional paperwork is required, your personal data
and a copy of the first page of your passport should be
received before May 10, 2004. With later submissions,
we cannot guarantee a timely receipt of the formal invitation.
After
getting the original formal invitation, we will send it
to you by express mail. Please provide a correct and complete
mailing address to avoid delivery delay. The costs of
formal invitation and express mailing are included in
the Registration Fee.
COLLOQUIUM
LANGUAGE
All
presentations at the Colloquium will be in English.
VIDEO-AUDIO
FACILITIES
Media-projector
and overhead will be available for presentations. Please
inform the Organizing Committee in advance if other facilities
are required.
INVITED
LECTURES
Invited
lectures are intended as reviews of recent world-wide
research accomplishments delivered by international experts.
Presentation time is 40 min, including discussion.
ORAL
PRESENTATIONS
Oral
presentations will be on current ongoing basic and applied
experimental and computational research in detonation
in gases, sprays, and suspensions of liquid and solid
propellants. Presentation time is 20 min, including discussion.
PUBLICATION
The
Book of Extended Abstracts will be available at the Colloquium.
It is intended to edit and publish selected papers (in
English) in a bound volume after the conference. The papers
presented at the Colloquium will also be considered for
publication in Advances in Chemical Physics, The Journal
of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
INSTRUCTIONS
FOR FULL MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION
The
full paper should be no more than 6000 words in length,
including figures, tables, and references.
The
manuscript should include the title page with name(s)
and organization(s) of author(s) and an abstract of 150
to 200 words, followed by sections containing an introduction,
the main body of text, concluding remarks, acknowledgments,
and references. It should be prepared double-spaced on
8.5 x 11 inch paper (or A4 paper) using one side of the
sheet only with 1-inch (or 25-millimeter) margins. Use
12-point Times font for general manuscript preparation.
Figures
and tables should be submitted separately from text. Indicate
the approximate locations of illustrations in the margin.
A 2.5 x 2.5 inch standard diagram in the book is equivalent
to 80 words, and a full width 2.5-inch figure counts as
about 160 words. Please include one set of illustrations
suitable for reproduction. Original illustrations should
not be larger than 6.5 x 8 inch and less than 1.5 x 1.5
inch. The quality of labeling, line thickness, and other
details should be suitable for archival publication, and
any photographs must be supplied as glossy prints (negatives
and slides are not acceptable). Use a minimum amount of
text within the illustrations; the figure captions can
be extensive giving those details. Provide a separate
list of figure captions, with figure numbers. The above
apply for tables as well.
All
references should be extensive, i.e., containing the full
list of authors, year, publication title, full journal
title, volume, issue, pages (for journals); year, book
title, place, publisher (for books).
'NO
PAPER - NO PODIUM' POLICY
A
'no paper - no podium' policy is adopted. The manuscripts
of the papers meeting the instructions for manuscript
preparation should be available for the Organizing Committee
before or at on-site Registration. Provide two hard copies
of the manuscript, a floppy disc of the text (or an attached
file via e-mail), one set of original illustrations, and
one set of copies of illustrations to the Local Organizing
Committee.
WEATHER
In
July, the weather in St. Petersburg is usually warm with
temperature of 20-25 oC. Rains are possible.
GETTING
TOGETHER PARTY
Getting
Together Party is planned on Monday, July 5, 2004, 5.00
p.m. during on-site Registration at the Conference Hall
of the Kochubei's Mansion-House.
WELCOME
PARTY
Welcome
Party is planned on Tuesday, July 6, 2004, 6.30 p.m. The
Party will be held in the Ceremonial Hall of the Kochubei's
Mansion-House. In the Hall, the original Duke Kochubei's
furniture and oil reproductions of famous Russian and
Western artists create an inimitable atmosphere of the
beginning of the 20th century.
TOURS
AND EXCURSIONS
The
Organizing Committee is planning the interesting cultural
program for participants and accompanying persons.
In
the evening of July 7, 2004, a bus tour to St. Petersburg
with attending a concert of chamber music in the Nickolaevsky
Palace (with beverage) and enjoying St. Petersburg white
nights is planned.
July
8, 2004, is the day of sightseeing. In the morning, the
sightseeing tour around the Kochubei's Mansion-House is
planned, followed by a walk through the Catherine Park
to the Catherine's Palace - a magnificent baroque-style
building. When you enter the palace halls, you will feel
the spirit of the eras of Elizabeth and Catherine, and,
to a certain extent, the age of Emperor Alexander I. The
true glory of the Palace is the Amber Chamber - mysterious
of the world's works of art. The exquisite room made of
several tons of the golden tree resin - the lightest gem
in the world - is often referred to as the ''Eighth Wonder
of the World.'' In 1941, Nazi troops dismantled the Amber
Chamber and shipped it to Eastern Prussia. Reconstructed
and reborn, the Amber Chamber was opened on May 31, 2003.
After
lunch, a bus tour to Petrodvorets (former Peterhof) and
Strelna is planned.
The world-famous palace, fountain and park ensemble of
Peterhof is an outstanding landmark of Russian artistic
culture of the 18th-19th centuries. Its wonderful parks,
176 fountains of various forms and styles and four cascades,
majestic palaces, numerous gilded statues of ancient gods
and heroes, remarkable collections of sculpture, paintings
and works of the minor arts make Peterhof a veritable
gem of art, often called ''Capital of Fountains,'' unique
in the world.
The
Konstantinovsky Palace with park ensemble in Strelna is
one of the most famous architectural monuments in St.
Petersburg suburbs. Founded by the order of Peter the
Great as a main seaside residence, its mission was to
become a Russian Versailles, a symbol of power and prosperity
of Russia. Situated in the immediate vicinity of the Gulf
of Finland, the park ensemble visually encompasses the
water and park space. During the days of the celebration
of St. Petersburg 300th anniversary, the Palace held important
meetings on highest level, with state and political leaders
from around the globe attending.
The
sightseeing tour will be continued in wine cellars of
the Konstantinovsky Palace. Tsar's family favorite Tokay
wines in which Peter the Great was an expert were stored
in dry cellars of the Palace. Nowadays, specialists reconstituted
ideal conditions for wines' storage in the famous grotto
cellars. The participants will have an opportunity to
taste the best Tokay wines presented to the President
of Russian Federation.
COLLOQUIUM
BANQUET
Colloquium
banquet is planned on Friday, July 9, 2004, 6.30 p.m.
The banquet will be held in the White Hall of the Kochubei's
Mansion-House. Its superb interior, which has survived
surprisingly intact, amazes with luxury of decorations
and rare objects of applied arts.
PRECONFERENCE
TOURS
The
Local Organizing Committee is planning the additional
preconference cultural program for participants and accompanying
persons.
(1)
One-day tour to the Gatchina. The Gatchina Palace was
the residence of the Russian Emperors Paul I nicknamed
'the most romantic Russian Emperor,' and Alexander III.
On display: gala halls of the 18th century, exhibition
of Western European and Russian paintings and arms of
the 17th-19th centuries. The romantic feature of the Gatchina
Palace is an underground tunnel to the lake. The pride
of the park ensemble are the unique pavilions: Birch House
and Pavilion of Venus.
(2)
Half-day tour to the State Russian Museum. The Museum
numbers nearly 400,000 exhibits. It is the largest in
the country collection of Russian art, from ancient icons
to the Avant-garde painting of the XX century.
(3)
One-day tour to St. Petersburg including visiting Museum-monument
'Our Savior on the Blood,' the Peter and Paul Fortress,
museum on board 'The Cruiser Aurora,' combined with the
boat tour along St. Petersburg canals. Museum-monument
'Our Savior on the Blood' is a sample of Russian style
architecture and decorative art at the edge of the 19th
and 20th centuries. Besides the ancient fortifications
and bastions, the Peter and Paul Fortress includes Sts.
Peter and Paul Cathedral of the early 18th century with
the burial vault of Peter the Great and other Russian
Tsars, historical museums, etc. 'The Cruiser Aurora' is
a battleship of the Russian Navy put on eternal mooring.
If
you are interested in this program, please e-mail us.
POSTCONFERENCE
TOUR
The
Organizing Committee is also planning the postconference
two-day boat trip to the rocky Valaam Island in the Northwest
part of Ladoga Lake for participants and accompanying
persons.
Valaam
Monastery has existed for more than a thousand years.
It is the oldest monastery in Russia. In spite of all
the historical vicissitudes that have been unfavorable
for the thriving of its monastic life, it has survived
as a living witness to monasticism in Russia. Rigorous
beauty of Valaam nature with its mighty coniferous forests,
rocky shore, numerous of picturesque bays, and monuments
of church architecture will make an unforgettable impression.
If you are interested in this tour, please e-mail us.
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