Technical Programme
Final Programme
Monday
9:30am-10:30am Monday - Registration
10:30am-11:00am Monday - Tea and Coffee
11:00am-11:20am Monday - Welcome
Chaired by Glyn Thomas
| Prof William Powrie | Dean of Faculty, Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton | Welcome |
| John Kilpatrick | Chairman of WES | Welcome |
11:20am-12:00pm Monday - Keynote by Prof Ahsan Kareem
Chaired by John Kilpatrick
| Kareem A | University of Notre Dame | Modeling of Transient Winds and their Load Effects on Structures |
12:00pm-1:00pm Monday - Transient Loading & Fatigue
Chaired by John Rees
| Beniteza E, Terres-Nicoli JM, Mans C | Oritia & Boreas Wind Engineering, Granada,Spain | Fatigue Analysis of Structural Members due to Wind Action |
| Kilpatrick J, Fowler S, Kala S | RWDI Anemos Limited | Case Study of Load Sharing in Double Skin Facade Glazing System |
| Zammit K, Overend M | University of Cambridge | Transient Wind Loads on Complex Facades |
1:00pm-2:00pm Monday - Lunch
2:00pm-3:20pm Monday - Buildings, Bridges & Cables I
Chaired by Bernardo Vazquez
| Clannachan GH, Bicanic N, Copeland GM | Arup | Modelling and Simulation Aspects of Performance-Based Wind Engineering of Tall Buildings |
| Acampora A,Macdonald JHG, Georgakis CT, Nikitas N | Department of Civil Engineering, University of Bristol | Identification of Aeroelastic Forces on Twin Bridge Cables from Full-Scale Measurements in Skew Winds |
| Daniels S, Castro IP, Xie ZT | University of Southampton | Large-eddy simulations for peak loading of tall buildings - The Application of the Forward-Stepwise Inlet Condition on the CAARC standard tall building model |
| Mikkelsen O, Jakobsen JB | Department of Mechanical and Structural Engineering, University of Stavanger | Buffeting response analysis of a long-span suspension bridge in time-domain |
3:20pm-3:50pm Monday - Tea and Coffee
3:50pm-5:30pm Monday - Urban Wind Environment I
Chaired by Alan Robins
| Castro IP, Claus J | University of Southampton | Effects of Wind Direction on Surface Roughness Parameters |
| Drew DR, Barlow JF, Lane SE | University of Reading | Mean wind speed profiles measured in strong wind conditions over an urban area |
| Boppana VB, Xie ZT, Castro IP | University of Southampton | A Large-Eddy Simulation Study of Thermal Effects on Urban Flows |
| Hoxey R, Richards P, Robertson A, Quinn A | University of Birmingham | The Contribution of Vorticity to Wind Loads |
| Poulin S | COWI Denmark | CFD Simulations of Urban Wind Environment, Practical Applications |
5:30pm-5:40pm Monday - Break
5:40pm-6:00pm Monday - Poster Session
Chaired by Zheng-Tong Xie
| Breeze G | Building Research Establishment (BRE) | Whistling Perforated Panels |
| Cook N | Consultant RDWI | Calibration of Extreme Value Analysis methods for peak-over-threshold wind data |
| Flynn D, Hemida H | School of Civil Engineering, University of Birmingham | Numerical simulation of freight wagon in isolated and multi-wagon format at a low yaw angle |
| Kim Y, Castro IP, Xie ZT | University of Southampton | Divergence-free turbulence inflow conditions for Large-Eddy simulations of flows around an airfoil |
| Owen J, Mahmoodilari M | University of Nottingham | Benchmark Studies in the new Nottingham ABL Wind Tunnel: Section Model Tests |
| Patel N, Hemida H, Quinn A | School of Civil Engineering, University of Birmingham | Large-Eddy Simulation of the airflow around a vehicle |
7:00pm-8:00pm Monday - Cafeteria Dinner
Tuesday
8:30am-9:10am Tuesday - Keynote by Prof Janet Barlow
Chaired by Ian Castro
| Barlow JF | University of Reading | Urban Meteorology - Lessons Learnt from a Decade of Experiments in London |
9:10am-10:30am Tuesday - Dispersion
Chaired by Bert Blocken
| Coceal O, Goulart E, Brandford S, Thomas TG, Belcher S | University of Reading | Dispersion Processes and Modelling in an Urban Street Network |
| Hargreaves DM | Civil Engineering, University of Nottingham | Two Issues Relating to the CFD Modelling of Pollution Dispersion under Neutral Conditions |
| Herring S, Jones R, Bull M | DSTL | Integrated Outdoor-Indoor Dispersion Modelling of Hazardous Releases in the Urban Environment |
| Robins AG, Hayden P, Burt A, Roberts P | University of Surrey & CONCAWE | The use of environmental monitoring to estimate diffuse emissions from storage tanks |
10:30am-11:00am Tuesday - Tea and Coffee
11:00am-12:20pm Tuesday - Gusts and Extreme Events
Chaired by Gordon Breeze
| Cook N | Consultant RDWI | The Statistically Independent Parent Distribution of Wind Speeds Derived by Run-of-Wind Resampling |
| Haines M, Sterling M, Quinn A | School of Civil Engineering, University of Birmingham | The Simulation of Non-Synoptic Effects for Wind Damage Studies |
| Sassa K, Iwasaki T | Kochi University | Corrected Scaling Law for Traveling Microbursts |
| Standen JJ, Wilson C | Met Office | Gridded Wind Gust Dataset over Western Europe from Downscaled Forecast Data and Objective European Windstorm Event Set |
12:20pm-1:00pm Tuesday - Buildings, Bridges & Cables II
Chaired by Roger Hoxey
| Michalski A, Britto D, Gelenne P, Haug E | SL-Rasch GmbH, Leinfelden-Oberaichen | Computational Wind Engineering of Large Umbrella Structures |
| Xie ZT, Srikar S, Zhang D, Hayden P, Robins AG. | U. of Southampton and U. of Surrey | Flow and dispersion from an oil storage tank |
1:00pm-2:00pm Tuesday - Lunch
2:00pm-2:40pm Tuesday - Keynote by Dr Ender Ozkan
Chaired by Nicholas Cook
| Ozkan E | Ove Arup and Partners Ltd. | Future of Wind Engineering: Perspectives from Industry |
2:40pm-3:40pm Tuesday - Buildings, Bridges & Cables III
Chaired by John MacDonald
| Gu D, Lim HC | School of Mechanical Engineering, Pusan Nat'l University | Effects of Aspect Ratio and Wind Direction on Flow Characteristics around Rectangular Obstacles |
| Navarro JG, Terres-Nicoli JM,Mans C | Oritia & Boreas Wind Engineering, Granada,Spain | Wake Interference of an Array of Four Independently Supported Cylinders |
| Owen J, Mahmoodilari M | University of Nottingham | Benchmark Studies in the new Nottingham ABL Wind Tunnel: Wind Regime |
3:40pm-4:10pm Tuesday - Tea and Coffee
4:10pm-5:30pm Tuesday - Train Aerodynamics
Chaired by John Owen
| Gilbert T | School of Civil Engineering, University of Birmingham | The Flow Around High-Speed Trains in Partially-Enclosed Spaces |
| Soper D, Baker C, Sterling M | University of Birmingham | The Aerodynamics of Freight Trains |
| John Owen | WES | WES Research Strategy |
6:45pm-10:30pm Tuesday - Coach for Dinner at Chilworth Manor
Wednesday
9:00am-9:40am Wednesday - Keynote by Prof Fernando Porte-Agel
Chaired by Glyn Thomas
| Porte-Agel F, Lu H, Wu YT | School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC) | Large-eddy simulation of atmospheric boundary layer flow through wind farms |
9:40am-10:40am Wednesday - Wind Energy I
Chaired by Mark Sterling
| Claus J, Porte-Agel | Laboratoire d'Ingenierie Eolienne et d'Energie Renouvelable | Experimental Study of the Effects of Topography on Wind Turbine Wakes and Power Output |
| Johnstone R, Coleman G | University of Southampton | An Actuator Disk Array within a Turbulent Ekman Boundary Layer |
| Holmes JD, Allsop A | JDH Consulting and Arup | Averaging Times and Gust Durations for Codes and Standards |
10:40am-11:10am Wednesday - Tea and Coffee
11:10am-12:30pm Wednesday - Wind Energy II
Chaired by Andrew Allsop
| Blocken B, van Hooff T, Aanen L, Bronsema B | Eindhoven U. of Tech, Katholieke U. Leuven, Peutz BV, Delft U. Tech. | Wind Energy Performance of a Venturi-Shaped Roof: Analysis based on CFD and Wind Tunnel Measurements |
| Breeze, G | Building Research Establishment (BRE) | Microwind Turbines: Static and Dynamic Wind Loads |
| Blackwell M, Tutty O, Rogers E, Sandberg R | University of Southampton | Iterative Learning Control of Wind Turbine Smart Rotors with Pressure Sensors |
| Bradbury LJS | PelaFlow Consulting | The probability density distribution for the power output of arrays of turbines |