edited by Kyoji Kamemoto (Yokohama National University) & Michihisa Tsutahara (Kobe University)

Vortex methods have been developed and applied to many kinds of flows related to various problems in wide engineering and scientific fields. The purpose of the First International conference on Vortex methods was to provide an opportunity for engineers and scientists to present their achievements, exchange ideas and discuss new developments in mathematical and physical modeling techniques and engineering applications of vortex methods.

• Vortex Element Methods, the Most Natural Approach to Flow Simulation — A Review of Methodology with Applications (R I Lewis)
• A Hybrid Vortex Method (J M R Graham & R H Arkell)
• Transient Flow Around a Circular Cylinder Near the Moving and Rigid Ground by a Vortex Method (T Kida & T Take)
• Vortex Method Analysis of Turbulent Flows (P S Bernard et al.)
• Dynamics of Coherent Structures in a Forced Round Jet (S Izawa et al.)
• Convergence Study for the Vortex Method with Boundaries (L-A Ying)
• 3D Vortex Methods: Achievements and Challenges (G H Cottet)
• Development of a Vortex and Heat Elements Method and Its Application to Analysis of Unsteady Heat Transfer Around a Circular Cylinder in a Uniform Flow (K Kamemoto & T Miyasaka)
• Three-Dimensional Vortex Method Using the Ferguson Spline (M Tsutahara et al.)
• Numerical Prediction of Rotor Tip-Vortex Roll-Up in Axial Flights by Using a Time-Marching Free-Wake Method (D J Lee)
• and other papers