13th UFM Meeting · joint with the Wind Engineering Society
Urban heterogeneity
Imperial College London, Skempton Building, Room 301, South Kensington Campus
A joint UFM/WES research day on urban heterogeneity, with a keynote, invited talks, two early-career talk sessions, an update on the challenge areas and an AI discussion.
The first session was dedicated to ASSURE (Across-Scale processeS in URban Environments), a NERC Highlight Topic project, and showed the progress made across its field, wind-tunnel and simulation work packages.
Programme
10:00
Arrival
10:25
Welcome (M. van Reeuwijk & B. Vazquez)
10:30-11:15
Keynote: An observational hike from deep canyons to elevated mixed-layer heights Keynote
Andreas Christen · University of Freiburg, DE
ASSURE session (Chair: D. Hackett) — 11:15-12:30
Using Tracers to understand urban air flow in Bristol
James Matthews · University of Bristol/Reading, UK
Multi-scale Analysis of Heterogeneous Urban Flows
Jingzi Huang · Imperial College London, UK
Controls on wind profile variability across Bristol
Jonnathan Cespedes · University of Reading, UK
Dispersion and urban heterogeneity
ChangChang Wang · University of Southampton, UK
Wind tunnel modelling of flow and pollutant dispersion
Matteo Carpentieri · University of Surrey, UK
12:30-12:45
Posters (Chair: J. Barlow)
12:45-14:00
Lunch & Posters
ECR talks (Chairs: C. Higgins + C. Vanderwel) — 14:00-15:00
Neighbourhood-Scale Wind Characteristics in Nanjing
Mingjie Zhang · Politecnico di Torino, IT
Multiscale Roughness Effects on Turbulence
Cameron Southgate-Ash · University of Surrey/Reading, UK
Increasing high-fidelity modelling efficiency with automation
Matthew Coburn · University of Southampton, UK
Experimental Investigation into VAWT Performance
Ismail Beyaz · University of Surrey, UK
ECR talks (Chairs: M. Coburn + M. Placidi) — 15:00-16:00
Laboratory simulation of natural ventilation flow
Christina Higgins · University of Surrey, UK
Wind tunnel characterisation of plumes from point sources
Nurul Asyikin Abu Bakar · University of Bristol, UK
Impacts of building facades on urban microclimates
Xiangyu Long · Imperial College London, UK
Effects of aspect ratio on flow and wind loading
Donnchadh MacGarry · University of Southampton, UK
16:00-16:30
Tea/Coffee Break
16:30-16:45
UFM's updated Challenge Areas (M. van Reeuwijk)
16:45-17:30
Discussion on AI in research and practice (Panel, Chair: H. Lean)
17:30-17:45
Prize Ceremony & Closing Remarks (M. van Reeuwijk & B. Vazquez)
18:00-21:00
Drinks/Dinner (19:00; at own cost, TBC)