Sports and Building Aerodynamics

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6 Weeks
27 April 2014 – 7 June 2014
Eindhoven University of Technology
Building Physics
Prof. Bert Blocken

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Course Introduction

What I have learned

Module 1: Basic aspects of fluid flow

  1. Fluid properties – part 1 (Velocity, Pressure, Temperature)
  2. Fluid properties – part 2 (Density)
  3. Fluid properties – part 3 (Viscosity)
  4. Flow properties – part 1
  5. Flow properties – part 2
  6. Fluid Statics, Kinematics, Dynamics
  7. Boundary layers – part 1
  8. Boundary layers – part 2
  9. Boundary layers – part 3
  10. The atmospheric boundary layer

Module 2:  Wind-tunnel testing

  1. Why wind-tunnel testing?
  2. Wind-tunnel types and applications
  3. The atmospheric boundary layer wind tunnel
  4. Wind-tunnel components
  5. Measurements and flow visualization
  6. Similarity and flow quality
  7. Best practice guidelines

Module 3: Computational Fluid Dynamics

  1. Computational Fluid Dynamics: what, why and how?
  2. Approximate forms of the Navier-Stokes equations
  3. Turbulence modeling
  4. Some aspects of discretization
  5. Near-wall modeling
  6. Errors and uncertainty, verification and validation
  7. Best practice guidelines
  8. Computational Wind Engineering – Part 1
  9. Computational Wind Engineering – Part 2

Module 4:  Building aerodynamics

  1. Wind flow around buildings – part 1
  2. Wind flow around buildings – part 2
  3. Pedestrian-level wind conditions around buildings – part 1
  4. Pedestrian-level wind conditions around buildings – part 2
  5. Pedestrian-level wind conditions around buildings – part 3
  6. Natural ventilation of buildings
  7. Wind-driven rain on building facades – part 1
  8. Wind-driven rain on building facades – part 2
  9. Wind energy in the built environment – part 1
  10. Wind energy in the built environment – part 2

Module 5: 100 m sprint aerodynamics

  1. Why study sprint aerodynamics?
  2. Mathematical-physical model of running
  3. Wind effects
  4. Altitude effects
  5. Stadium aerodynamics and sprint records

Module 6: Cycling aerodynamics

  1. Why study cycling aerodynamics?
  2. Wind-tunnel testing for a single cyclist – Part 1
  3. Wind-tunnel testing for a single cyclist – Part 2
  4. CFD simulations for a single cyclist
  5. Aerodynamics of two drafting cyclists
  6. Aerodynamics of drafting cyclist groups
  7. Aerodynamics of car-cyclist combinations