Urban Fluid Mechanics
Upcoming meetings
The next meeting will take place at the University of Reading on January 6-7, 2019 .
Welcome to the website of the Special Interest Group in Urban Fluid Mechanics. We are funded by the UK Fluids Network and are an open community whose interests cover a broad range of issues associated with flows in urban areas.
Our members are from UK universities, industry and governmental organisations that meet twice a year.
The scope of the SIG ranges from fundamental to applied research, with an emphasis on experimental, numerical and theoretical approaches. In particular, we have identified the following four challenge areas:
- C1: Very rough BLs. Flow predictions in neutral boundary layers with very large obstacles.
- C2: Stratification/buoyancy effects. The effect of non-neutral environments on air flow, air quality and comfort.
- C3: Dispersion in urban BLs. Passive and active [e.g. heavy gases] scalar dispersion in urban environments.
- C4: Building-scale fluid dynamics. Flows around buildings, surface pressure on buildings, effects on pedestrians/vehicles/indoor-outdoor exchange.
If you would like to get involved with the SIG, contact Zheng-Tong Xie (Southampton University) or Maarten van Reeuwijk (Imperial College London).
Announcements:
- January 6-7, 2020 at the University of Reading
- June 27-28, 2019 at the University of Surrey
- December 17-18, 2018 at the University of Cambridge
- July 2-3, 2018 at University of Birmingham
- December 18, 2017 at Imperial College London
- Kick-Off meeting Southampton March 30-31, 2017
- Urban Fluids Mechanics SIG approved by the UK Fluids Network