von Karman Institute Lecture Series and Events
CFD for atmospheric flows and wind engineering
Monday 23 February 2015 - Wednesday 25 February 2015VKI secretariat, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; Phone: +32 2 359 96 04
Introduction
There is an increasing interest 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 wind load on buildings and for the choice of sites for windmills and wind farms as well as for the investigation of atmospheric pollution.
The present course offers a wide overview of the state-of-the-art of the domain, considering the application to both small and mesoscale range. Reynolds Averaging (RANS) and large-eddy (LES) approaches are discussed and their respective capabilities for different classes of flows axes are evaluated. The discussion is completed by the presentation of examples of practical implementation and applications using Open Source Codes OpenFOAM and WRF as well as in-house and commercial software.
The Lecture Series directors are Prof. Jeroen van Beeck and Prof. Carlo Benocci from the von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics.
Programme
Download the programme in PDFFebruary 23, 2015
- 08:45 Registration
- 09:15 Welcome Address
- 09:30 Introduction to the simulation of atmospheric flows
Prof. B. Blocken, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands - 10:30 Coffee break
- 11:00 Introduction to the simulation of atmospheric flows (Cont’d)
Prof. B. Blocken - 12:30 Lunch
- 14:00 Consistent boundary conditions for the simulation of the ABL
Prof. A. Parente, Free University of Brussels, Belgium - 15:15 Coffee break
- 15:45 Uncertainty Quantification for ABL flows
Prof. C. Gorlé, Columbia University, USA - 17:15 Reception
February 24, 2015
- 9:00 RANS for the simulation of atmospheric flows
Prof. N. N. Sørensen, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark - 10:30 Coffee break
- 11:00 RANS for the simulation of atmospheric flows (Cont’d)
Prof. N. N. Sørensen - 12:30 Lunch
- 14:00 Large-eddy simulation of atmospheric flows
Dr. B. Kosovic, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA - 15:15 Coffee break
- 15:45 Large-eddy simulation of atmospheric flows (Cont’d)
Dr. B. Kosovic
February 25, 2015
- 9:00 Large-eddy simulation of atmospheric flows
Dr. B. Kosovic - 10:30 Coffee break
- 11:00 Simulation of the atmospheric flows at mesoscale range
Prof. S. Basu, North Carolina State University, USA - 12:30 Lunch
- 14:00 Simulation of the atmospheric flows at mesoscale range (Cont’d)
Prof. S. Basu - 15:15 Coffee break
- 15:45 Simulation of the atmospheric flows at mesoscale range (Cont’d)
Prof. S. Basu - 17:00 End of Lecture series
Fee & Registration
Early bird (until December 23, 2014 included)
Normal fee (after December 23, 2014)
Type 1: Permanent residents of NATO countries funding VKI: Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Luxemburg, Norway, Portugal, Romania and Turkey
Type 2: Permanent residents of NATO countries not funding VKI or NATO partner countries
Type 3: Permanent residents of non -NATO countries
For PhD candidates and undergraduate students: The request to be considered for a discount must accompany the application to attend the Lecture Series, and the applicant must provide a recommendation letter from his or her professor; if not, the request will not be taken into consideration. All possible alternative sources of funding should be investigated before aid is requested under this scheme, so that those most in need will benefit.
REDUCTION for the normal fee. Not applicable when early bird.
-50% for the 3rd & 4th participant from the same company. The normal fee price list is available here.
METHOD OF PAYMENT
Payment 2 weeks prior to the beginning of the course (name and course title clearly indicated) by bank transfer to our account IBAN BE57 2100 3153 3035 , SWIFT BIC GEBABEBB
Slides
The slides of the conference are available for the participants: http://www.vki.ac.be/share
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Location : von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Sint-Genesius-Rode (near Brussels), Belgium