von Karman Institute Lecture Series and Events

CFD FOR ATMOSPHERIC FLOWS AND WIND ENGINEERING

March 11-13, 2013

RHode-St-Genèse, Belgium

There is an increasing interest within the field of wind engineering for the application of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) to the study of flows in the lower part of the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL). The simulation of atmospheric flows, possibly over complex domain, is necessary for the estimation of pedestrian wind comfort nearby and wind load on buildings, and for the selection of sites for windmills and wind farms as well as for the investigation of atmospheric pollutant dispersion.

The present 3-day course offers a wide overview of the state-of-the-art of the domain, considering the application to both short and mesoscale range. Reynolds Averaging (RANS) and large-eddy (LES) approaches are discussed and their respective capabilities for different classes of flows are evaluated. The discussion is completed by the presentation of examples of practical implementation and application.

SCHEDULE

Monday 11 March 2013

09:15    Welcome Address

09:30 Introduction to CFD for atmospheric flows and wind  engineering
Prof. B. Blocken, Eindhoven University of Technology,The  Netherlands

10:00 Coffee Break

10:30 Introduction to CFD for atmospheric flows and wind engineering (Cont’d)
Prof. B. Blocken

12:30    Lunch Break

14:00 CFD inflow conditions, wall functions and turbulence models for flows around obstacles
Prof. A. Parente, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

15:15    Coffee Break

15:45    Uncertainty Quantification for ABL flows using CFD
Dr.  C. Gorlé, von  Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics & University of Antwerp, Belgium

17:00 Reception

Tuesday 12 March 2013

9:00    CFD application to wind energy using RANS
Prof. N. N. Sørensen, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

10:00     Coffee Break

10:30      CFD application to wind energy using RANS (Cont’d)
Prof. N. N. Sørensen

12:30    Lunch Break

14:00     Introduction to microscale meteorology including diurnal cycle issues
Prof. J. G. Brasseur, The Pennsylvania State University, USA

15:15    Coffee Break

15:45     LES methods for Atmospheric Boundary Layer flows
Prof. J. G. Brasseur

Wednesday 13 March 2013

9:00    CFD application to wind energy using LES
Prof. J. G. Brasseur

10:30     Coffee Break

11:00     Introduction to mesoscale meteorology
Prof. S. Basu, North Carolina State University, USA

12:30    Lunch Break

14:00    Simulation of atmospheric flows at mesoscale (Cont’d)
Prof. S. Basu

17:00    End of Lecture Series

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