PHYSMOD 2009

The objective of PHYSMOD workshops is to bring together the community active in physical modelling of flow and dispersion in wind tunnels or water channels. It is intended to discuss, assess and report on the state-of-the art of relevant experimental work in this field, define directions of future research and encourage wider collaboration between research institutes. The latter is particularly important as the facilities required for the generalised simulation of environmental flows are expensive both to construct and operate and consequently not directly available to a large section of the research community. It is intended to provide a wide platform for information exchange and knowledge transfer and participating institutions and laboratories are encouraged to bring also graduated students and/or PhD students to present their work and to incorporate them into the active fluid modelling community.

Workshop Themes

PHYSMOD2009 will concentrate on the physical modelling of flow and dispersion in the natural environment, referring mainly to the following topics:

• Heat and mass transfer due to atmospheric dispersion in urban areas (concerns also heat island problems)
• Unsteady properties of the dispersion process
• Building effects on the flow characteristics in urban areas
• Validation of numerical and analytical modelling methods
• Improvement and validation of atmospheric flow and dispersion modelling techniques
• Quality assurance in physical modelling
• Use of boundary layer modelling for wind technology