PROGRAMME HONORARY SYMPOSIUM 29 APRIL 2015: To whom

Department of the Built Environment
Building Physics and Services
Gebouw 51, Groene Loper 6,
5612 AZ Eindhoven
To whom it may concern
Postbus 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven
Internal address: Vertigo 6.30
http://www.urbanphysics.net
Subject
Programme Honorary Symposium
29 April 2015
PROGRAMME HONORARY SYMPOSIUM 29 APRIL 2015:
Contact
8:00
Coffee
8:30
Prof. Nelissen
Prof.dr.ir. Bert Blocken
[email protected]
Dean, Department Built Environment
Opening Address
8:40
Prof. Tamura
Beijing Jiaotong University, China
Effects of configuration of super-tall buildings on aerodynamic response and
pedestrian level wind
9:00
Prof. Solari
University of Genova, Italy
Thunderstorm monitoring, modelling, loading and response of structures
9:20
Prof. Baker
University of Birmingham, UK
Uncertainty and risk in wind engineering and industrial aerodynamics
9:40
Prof. Sterling
University of Birmingham, UK
Physically modeling the impact of transient winds on low-rise buildings
10:00
Dr. Geurts
TNO, The Netherlands
Local wind loads on the building envelope
10:20
Coffee Break
10:50
Prof. Tominaga
Niigata Institute of Technology, Japan
CFD simulation of near-field pollutant dispersion in the urban environment: Some
remarks on turbulence modeling
11:10
Dr. Gromke
11:30
Prof. Moonen
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Environmental aerodynamic wind-tunnel studies of forest flows
University of Pau, France
Statistical model emulation: a surrogate for CFD?
11:50
Dr. Neophytou
University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Laboratory and field experiments for numerical simulations of urban fluid flows
12:10
Prof. van Beeck
Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Belgium
Small-scale modelling for ABL wind tunnels – future needs
12:30
Lunch Break
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13:30
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Prof. Borri
University of Firenze, Italy
Wave loads and dynamic response of large wind turbines in rough sea states
13:50
Prof. Hensen
14:10
Prof. van Heijst
Eindhoven University of Technology, NL
Building performance simulation relies on urban environmental modeling
Eindhoven University of Technology, NL
The dynamical behaviour of vortices near solid objects with sharp edges
14:30
Dr. Hornikx
Eindhoven University of Technology, NL
Meteorological effects on sound propagation
14:50
Coffee Break
15:20
Dr. Karava
Purdue University, USA
Mixed-mode buildings research: multiscale experiments, modeling, system
identification and optimal control
15:40
Prof. Carmeliet
16:00
Dr. van Hooff
ETH Zurich and EMPA, Switzerland
New advances in wind-driven rain research
Leuven University, Belgium
Basic and applied ventilation studies using experiments and CFD simulations
16:20
Dr. Ramponi
ARUP, UK
Stadium thermal comfort in hot climates: the importance of roof design
16:40
Prof. Blocken
Eindhoven University of Technology, NL &
Leuven University, Belgium
Wind engineering @ Eindhoven University: past, present and future
17:00
Prof. Stathopoulos
Concordia University, Canada
Wind effects on buildings and their codification
18:00
Drinks and snacks