General Information

The 8th meeting is held online on March 29, 2021. Register at https://forms.gle/LyqzNRVF1sJGbiBDA.

Urban Fluid Mechanics Special Interest Group Meeting, March 29, 2021 (via MS Teams)

Heterogeneity, unsteadiness and uncertainty in urban environments

Location: MS Teams

Date/time: 29^th March 2021, 1100-1600hr

Registration: https://forms.gle/LyqzNRVF1sJGbiBDA

Programme

1100-1110 Opening (Maarten van Reeuwijk, Imperial College London)

1110-1200 Uncertainty quantification and data assimilation for predictive computational wind engineering (recorded talk, and ppt slides) . Catherine Gorle (Stanford University)

1200-1300 Invited talks (Chair: Andrew Quinn, University of Birmingham)

- Inert tracers and what they tell us about transport into and out of buildings, Dudley Shallcross (University of Bristol)

- High-resolution dispersion modelling in the convective boundary layer, Lewis Blunn (University of Reading)

- Simulating diurnal cycles of the urban boundary layer with LES, Sam Owens (Imperial College London)

- Variability in the short-range dispersion of passive, short-duration emissions, Alan Robins (University of Surrey)

1300-1400 Lunch

1400-1500 Invited talks (Chair: Daniel Hackett, RWDI)

- The effect of tall buildings on the urban environment, Marco Placidi (University of Surrey)

- Developing and implementing the City of London guidelines, Ruth Shilston (RWDI)

- Modelling airflow over idealized, semi-realistic suburban and realistic urban areas, Matthew Coburn (University of Southampton)

- Vegetation transpiration in PALM and PALM validation in real urban scenarios in Prague, Vladimir Fuka (Charles University)

1500-1555 Panel discussion (Chair: Alan Robins, University of Surrey)

- Catherine Gorle (Stanford University)

- Dudley Shallcross (University of Bristol)

- Ruth Shilston (RWDI)

- Vladimir Fuka (Charles University)

1555-1600 Close (Zheng-Tong Xie, University of Southampton)