von Karman Institute Lecture Series
CFD for Atmospheric Flows and Wind Engineering
02 - 06 June 2025
Sint-Genesius-Rode, Belgium (near Brussels)
About
There is 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, often over complex domain, is necessary for the estimation of wind loads on buildings, wind turbine siting, pollutant dispersion and pedestrian wind comfort.
The present hybrid Lecture Series (on-site and online) offers a wide overview of the state-of-the-art, with applications ranging from microclimate, wind engineering, to mesoscale, meteorology, and their coupling. Reynolds-Averaged (RANS) and Large-Eddy Simulation (LES) approaches are discussed and their respective capabilities at meso- and microscales are evaluated, with focus on realistic inflow, wall modelling, uncertainty quantification and validation. Emerging trends such as the use of graphics processing units (GPUs) for acceleration of high-fidelity simulations are also addressed, including a tutorial of the open-source GPU-resident FastEddy code.
The lecture series director is prof. Wim Munters from the von Karman Institute.
LS Address
Waterloosesteenweg, 72, 1640 Sint-Genesius-Rode, Belgium (near Brussels)
Programme
Monday 2 June 2025
08:30 – 09:00 Registration09:00 – 09:15 Welcome address
09:15 - 10:45 Introduction to the simulation of atmospheric flows
Prof. Bert Blocken, Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom & KU Leuven, Belgium
10:45 - 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 - 12:45 Introduction to the simulation of atmospheric flows
Prof. Bert Blocken, Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom & KU Leuven, Belgium
12:45 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:15 Turbulence model formulation and dispersion modelling for the CFD simulation of flows around obstacles and on complex terrains
Prof. Alessandro Parente, Free University of Brussels, Belgium
15:15 - 15:45 Coffee Break
15:45 - 17:00 Turbulence model formulation and dispersion modelling for the CFD simulation of flows around obstacles and on complex terrains
Prof. Alessandro Parente, Free University of Brussels, Belgium
17:00 Reception in VKI canteen
Tuesday 3 June 2025
09:00 - 10:30 Introduction to Numerical Weather Forecasting: from global scale to microscaleDr. Orkun Temel, Royal Observatory of Belgium, Belgium
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:30 Mesoscale modelling of atmospheric flows with applications to offshore wind energy
Prof. Wim Munters, von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Belgium
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:15 Modelling wind energy in the atmospheric boundary layer
Prof. Michael F. Howland, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
15:15 -15:45 Coffee Break
15:45 - 17:00 Introduction to uncertainty quantification for atmospheric boundary layer flows
Prof. Catherine Gorlé, Stanford University, USA
Wednesday 4 June 2025
09:00 - 10:30 Bayesian uncertainty quantification for atmospheric flow and wind energy applicationsProf. Michael F. Howland, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:30 Uncertainty Quantification for environmental wind engineering applications
Prof. Catherine Gorlé, Stanford University, USA
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:15 Predicting wind loading on buildings
Prof. Catherine Gorlé, Stanford University, USA
15:15 - 15:45 Coffee Break
15:45 - 17:00 Large-eddy simulation of atmospheric flows
Dr. Branko Kosovic, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Thursday 5 June 2025
09:00 - 10:30 Large-eddy simulation of atmospheric flows (cont’d)Dr. Branko Kosovic, Johns Hopkins University, USA
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:30 Large-eddy simulation of atmospheric flows (cont’d)
Dr. Branko Kosovic, Johns Hopkins University, USA
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:15 Multiscale modelling of the atmospheric boundary layer: coupling challenge and the cell perturbation method
Dr. Domingo Munoz-Esparza, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA
15:15 - 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 - 16:30 Visit of the VKI Labs
16:30 - 17:00 Tutorial on FastEddy GPU Large-eddy simulation code
Dr. Domingo Munoz-Esparza, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA
Friday 6 June 2025
09:00 - 10:30 Multiscale modelling of the atmospheric boundary layer: from weather to resolved turbulence eddies with accelerated GPU LESDr. Domingo Munoz-Esparza, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:30 Mesoscale to microscale wind farm flow modelling and evaluation
Dr. Javier Sanz Rodrigo, Siemens Gamesa, Spain
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:15 Mesoscale to microscale wind farm flow modelling and evaluation
Dr. Javier Sanz Rodrigo, Siemens Gamesa, Spain
15:15 End of the Lecture Series
Fee and Registration
Early Bird registration until 2 April 2025
Deadline for on-site registration: 23 May 2025
Deadline for online registration: 30 May 2025
Discount of 10% for online participation
Deadline for on-site registration: 23 May 2025
Deadline for online registration: 30 May 2025
Discount of 10% for online participation
Price for NATO citizens - Early Bird Registration
Discount of 10% in case of online participation.
Undergraduate students€ 245 € 221
PhD students€ 672 € 605
Staff from recognized universities / research center€ 1064 € 958
Staff from commercial organizations€ 1344 € 1210
Price for NATO citizens - Late Registration
Discount of 10% in case of online participation.
Undergraduate students€ 245
PhD students€ 672
Staff from recognized universities / research center€ 1064
Staff from commercial organizations€ 1344
Price for other citizens - Early Bird Registration
Discount of 10% in case of online participation.
Undergraduate students€ 350 € 315
PhD students€ 960 € 964
Staff from recognized universities / research center€ 1520 € 1368
Staff from commercial organizations€ 1920 € 1728
Price for other citizens - Late Registration
Discount of 10% in case of online participation.
Undergraduate students€ 350
PhD students€ 960
Staff from recognized universities / research center€ 1520
Staff from commercial organizations€ 1920
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