CWE2026 — Program
Keynote / Plenary
Mini-Symposium
Regular
Meeting
Breaks/Social
Pre-Conference — Friday, June 5 – Saturday, June 6
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Day 0 — Sunday, June 7
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15:00–18:00
Registration Opens
17:00–18:00
Ice-Breaker Welcome Reception
Day 1 — Monday, June 8
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07:30–08:30
Registration / Hot Breakfast
08:30–09:15
Plenary Event
Opening Ceremony & Welcome Remarks
09:15–10:15
10:15–10:30
Coffee Break | Sponsor Exhibition
10:30–12:00
MS07-A
4/6
• Chairs: Ted Stathopoulos; Yoshihide Tominaga
- 10:30 #616 Mini-symposium Opening Remarks
- 10:45 #51 Numerical Simulations for Urban Viaducts on Traffic Pollutant Dispersion and Residential Exposure
- 11:00 #158 Numerical Modeling of Street Canyons Flow: Exploring the Balance Between Realism and Complexity
- 11:15 #219 Geometry Preparation for Air Quality Prediction in Complex Environments: the Case of Venice Airport
S04-A
5/6
• Chairs: Tracy Kijewski-Correa; Yuki Takadate
- 10:30 #26 A Systematic Approach to Converting Skeletal Models Into Solid Models for LES-Based Aeroelastic Analysis of Flexible Tall Buildings
- 10:45 #30 A Reliability-Based Approach to Uniform Structural Risk
- 11:00 #36 The CFD Simulation of Porous Claddings Using the Pressure-Velocity Jump Approach: a Prism Surrounded by Lamellar Screens
- 11:15 #43 CFD Modelling of the Galloping Response of a 3:2 Rectangular Prism in Smooth and Turbulent Flow
- 11:30 #54 Buffeting Response of Solar Photovoltaic Panels from Full-Scale Informed Wind Fields
MS01-A
• Chairs: Guirong (Grace) Yan; Josip Žužul
- 10:30 #28 Validation Criteria for the Baker and Sterling Tornado Debris Flight Model in a Large-Scale Tornado Simulator.
- 10:45 #29 2D LES Axisymmetric CFD Modeling of a Microburst in a Closed-Circuit Simulator
- 11:00 #99 A Numerical Study of Unsteady Flow in a Novel Downburst Simulator
- 11:15 #135 Reynolds Number Effect on Low-Rise Buildings: a Consistent Inflow LES Study
- 11:30 #136 Laboratory Study of Translation Speed on Tornado-Induced Tall Building Load
- 11:45 #175 Investigation of the Influence of Buildings on Tornado Characteristics Utilizing Large-Eddy Simulations and Post-Tornado Damage Surveys
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S05-A
4/6
• Chairs: Massimiliano Burlando; Anastasia Athanasiou
- 10:30 #39 Relationship Between Urban Morphology and Kinetic Energy Dissipation Within Urban Area
- 10:45 #81 Evaluating the Performance of Porous Screens as an Urban Wind Mitigation Measure Through Multi-Scale Modelling
- 11:00 #100 Quantifying Forest and Building Impacts on Local Wind and Turbulence at the Mariehamn Harbor
- 11:15 #110 Effect of Non-Neutral ABL Inflow on Pedestrian Comfort Analysis
12:00–13:00
Lunch Break | Sponsor Exhibition
13:00–14:00
Keynote
Agerneh Dagnew (NVIDIA, USA)
Accelerated Computing and Agentic Workflows for Computational Wind Engineering
14:00–14:15
Short Break
14:15–15:45
MS07-B
• Chairs: Yoshihide Tominaga; Alessio Ricci
- 14:15 #41 Impact of SGS Models on Effective Grid Scale of Large-Eddy Simulation Using Wind Flow Around a 1:1:2 Isolated Building
- 14:30 #63 Theoretical Understanding of the Effects of Advection Schemes and SGS Models for LES Practical Guidelines
- 14:45 #121 How Much Detail is Enough? the Role of Building Resolution and Terrain in WRF-LES Urban Wind Simulations
- 15:00 #169 Accuracy-Cost Trade-Offs in LES: Assessing the Impact of Reduced Spatial and Temporal Resolution
- 15:15 #176 A Comparative Analysis of Wall-Function Roughness Models for Atmospheric Boundary Layer Simulations
- 15:30 #189 RANS for Wind Microclimate Assessments: Systematic Testing of Common Modelling Deficiencies Against Full-Scale Data
S04-B
• Chairs: Un Yong Jeong; Wei Zhang
- 14:15 #197 A Study on Causes of Variability in Peak Wind Pressure Coefficients on Low-Rise Building Evaluated by Large-Eddy Simulation
- 14:30 #56 Aerodynamic Characterisation of Tensile Membrane Canopies: CFD-Based Reference Pressure Coefficients
- 14:45 #115 RANS-based Predictive Equation for Fluctuating and Peak Wind Pressure Coefficients on Buildings
- 15:00 #119 Evaluation of Synthetic Turbulence Generation for LES-Based Wind Load Estimation on Square Cylinder Buildings
- 15:15 #345 Integrated Parametric Design Framework of Super-Slender Buildings with Wind Escape Floors
- 15:30 #249 Partitioned OpenFOAM - Opensees FSI Framework for Wind-Structure Interaction Simulation
MS01-B
4/6
• Chairs: Guirong (Grace) Yan; Partha Sarkar
- 14:15 #177 Estimating Tornado Wind Speed from Wind Turbine Damage
- 14:30 #193 Numerical Investigation of the Vertical Aerodynamic Forces Acting on a Bluff Body in a Tornado-Like Flow [Full Paper]
- 14:45 #221 A Digital Twin of a Tornado Simulator
- 15:00 #269 Comparison of Pressure Coefficient Between Tornado-Like Vortex and Boundary Layer Wind
MS06-A
• Chairs: Fei Ding; Teng Wu
- 14:15 #12 Physics-Informed Neural Networks for Predicting Turbulent Urban Flow
- 14:30 #71 Active Morphing Façades for Wind Mitigation: Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Aerodynamic Control [Full Paper]
- 14:45 #86 Physics-Informed Spatio-Temporal Graph Autoencoder for Wind Pressure Estimation from Sparse Sensor Networks
- 15:00 #114 A Hierarchical Deep Learning Framework for High-Fidelity Prediction of Pedestrian-Level Urban Winds
- 15:15 #171 Equivariant Graph Neural Networks for Predicting Wind Loads on Buildings
- 15:30 #237 A Verification, Validation and Uncertainty Quantification Framework for CFD Using Gaussian Process Modeling
S05-B
5/6
• Chairs: Stefano Cammelli; Tong Zhou
- 14:15 #134 Verification of UTCI Simulation with PALM-4U on Direct Measurements in Urban Environments
- 14:30 #140 Measurements and Simulation of Internal Fan-Driven Airflow in a Commercial Greenhouse
- 14:45 #142 Aerodynamic Effects of Balcony and Podium Geometry on Pedestrian-Level Wind Around Tall Buildings
- 15:00 #155 Performance Evaluation of RANS Models for Cross Ventilation Using LES and PIV as Benchmark Data
- 15:15 #298 Numerical Validation of a Naturally Ventilated Double-Skin BIPV Façade and Configuration Impact on Cell Temperatures
15:45–16:00
Coffee Break
16:00–17:30
MS07-C
• Chairs: Ted Stathopoulos; Félix Nieto
- 16:00 #48 Robust Verification for Computational Wind Engineering Applications
- 16:15 #55 BeStPLW - a Benchmark Study on Pedestrian Level Winds
- 16:30 #57 From Validation to Application: Standardizing LES for Realistic Urban Aerodynamics
- 16:45 #62 Quality Assurance in Assessing Wind Loading with Scale Resolving CFD Simulations
- 17:00 #180 The New WTG Guideline M3: Recommendations for Numerical Simulation of Wind Flows Around Structures
- 17:15 #209 Integrated LES Guidelines and Database for Validation of CFD Simulations in Urban Wind Environments: the Accumulation of AIJ Activities Post-RANS Guidelines
S04-C
5/6
• Chairs: Seifu Bekele; Daniel Butcher
- 16:00 #129 Structural Risk Evaluation of Solar Panels Under Arid Dune-Modified Wind Flows
- 16:15 #130 Modeling Porous Envelopes on Square Prisms: Validation of Darcy-Forchheimer Approach Via Wind Tunnel Testing
- 16:30 #141 Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Extreme Suction Pressure Events Under the Separation Bubble of a 5:1 Rectangular Cylinder: Effect of Integral Length Scale
- 16:45 #163 Validation of the Lattice Boltzmann Method for Wind Load Assessment of a High-Rise Building [Full Paper]
- 17:00 #178 Numerical Prediction of Wind Pressure Around a High-Rise Residential Building in Urban Area by Means of LES Based on Lattice Boltzmann Method [Full Paper]
MS12
Part 1: Wind Engineering under Changing Climate: Challenges and Opportunities
• Chairs: Teng Wu, Hassan Hemida
- 16:00(5m) Overview of IAWE Climate Change Working Group Activities
- 16:05(3m) Overview of Task Group III Activities [Adaptation Strategies]
- 16:08(3m) Overview of Task Group I Activities [Impacts on wind conditions at different regions]
- 16:11(3m) Overview of Task Group II Activities [Mitigation strategies (e.g., advancing codes and standards)]
- 16:14(31m) Pannel Discussion
Part 2: Non-synoptic Winds on Structures & Infrastructures: Realistic Modeling of Wind Loads for Ensuring Safety & Serviceability
• Chairs: Girma Bitsuamlak, Luca Caracoglia
- 16:45(5m) Overview of IAWE Non-Synoptic Winds Working Group Activities
- 16:50(3m) TG1: Super-Long-Span Bridges, in coop. with IABSE
- 16:53(3m) TG2: Buildings, Large Roofs, Cladding/Envelopes
- 16:56(3m) TG3: Wind Energy Structures, Industrial Plants, Transmission Lines, etc.
- 16:59(3m) TA1: Experimental Testing and Large-Scale Facilities
- 17:02(3m) TA2: CFD-LES through supercomputing at very high Re
- 17:05(3m) TA3: Data Collection, Monitoring & Mapping
- 17:08(3m) TA4: Pre-Normative Codification
- 17:11(16m) Pannel Discussion
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S05-C
5/6
• Chairs: Hidenori Kawai; Aleksander Pistol
- 16:00 #173 Exploring the Impact of Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes Solvers on the Indoor Modelling of a Breathing Jet
- 16:15 #188 Wind-Induced Turbulent Ventilation for a Simplified Building Using Large-Eddy Simulation
- 16:30 #199 Numerical Study for Clarifying Scale Effects on Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics Around an Isolated Building
- 16:45 #225 Integrating Computational Fluid Dynamics Into Data-Center Site Layout to Resolve Near-Field Compliance Constraints Under Different Atmospheric Conditions
- 17:00 #260 Investigation of Twin Prisms with Square-Section in Tandem Arrangement with Uniform Turbulence Inflow by LES
17:30–18:30
Meeting
Initial planning meeting of Canadian Association for Wind Engineering
18:45–20:45
Wind tunnel tours (BLWTL and WindEEE) - 1
Day 2 — Tuesday, June 9
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08:00–08:45
Hot Breakfast
08:45–09:45
09:45–10:00
Coffee Break | Sponsor Exhibition
10:00–11:30
Plenary Event
Introducing the ASCE/SEI Computational Wind Engineering Prestandard for use of Computational Wind Engineering in Building Design
This session will provide an overview of the forthcoming ASCE/SEI Prestandard for Use of Computational Wind Engineering in Building Design, which will be available free from the ASCE website in August 2026. The session will begin with a series of lightning presentations that together provide an overview of the new prestandard, followed by a moderated panel discussion and audience Q/A.
Panelists: David Banks, Girma Bitsuamlak, Melissa Burton, Stefano Cammelli, Catherine Gorle, Goncalo Pedro, Ted Stathopoulos, JJ Tobolski, DongHun Yeo
11:30–12:00
Group Photo
12:00–13:00
Lunch Break | Sponsor Exhibition
13:00–14:00
Keynote
Roland Wüchner (TU Munich, Germany)
High-Fidelity Digital Twins in Wind Engineering: Advancing Insights by Modern Computational Methods
14:00–14:15
Plenary Event
Poster Presentations
- 321. Turbulent eddy structure and vortex dynamics in deep convection and its sensitivity to microphysical parameterizations — Lisa Schielicke, Christoph Gatzen, John Hanesiak, Clinton Macadam, Morgan Schneider, David Sills
- 183. Development of a Platform for Risk Assessment and Early Warning of Urban Wind Hazards — Boram Kim, Seungmin HAN, Kyucheoul Shim
- 166. Comparison between k-epsilon (URANS) and Spalart-Allmaras (DES) turbulence models for CFD simulation of boundary layer wind tunnel experiment — Lilli Sacharow, Daniel Markus, Thorben Weihbrecht, Andre Stollenwerk, Rolf-Dieter Lieb
- 159. Wind effects on Base-Isolated Building-A Review — Divya prakash, Ajay Gairola
- 94. Development of a Wind-Induced NATECH Scenario Generation Technology for Industrial Complexes — ChangHee Won, MinHo Kang, Sungsu Lee
- 27. PID Control of Mean Velocity and Reynolds Stress for Generating Inflow Conditions in LES of Boundary Layer Flow — Hitoshi Suto, Keisuke Nakao, Yasuo Hattori
- 16. Influence of Hilly Terrain Slopes on External Flow and Façade Pressure Distribution Around Tall Buildings — Saalim B.Kaisar, Dr Rajendra K. Varma
- 111. From Circulation Regimes to Convective Precipitation Extremes: A Multi-Scale Perspective — Marie-Christin Eckert, Annette Rudolph, Lisa Schielicke
14:15–15:45
MS07-D
• Chairs: Yoshihide Tominaga; Cruz Y. Li
- 14:15 #31 Towards Realistic ‘on-Road’ Flow Conditions for a Simple Vehicle Model.
- 14:30 #84 Assessment of an Automatic Mesh Convergence Workflow Applied to a Neutral Boundary Layer in Complex Environment [Full Paper]
- 14:45 #92 3D LES Modeling of the Effects of Small-Scale Turbulence on Bluff Bodies and Bridge Decks
- 15:00 #120 Advances in CFD-based fluid-structure interaction research for engineering structures
- 15:15 #147 Validation of Chiller-To-Chiller Interactions in Datacentre Applications Through CWE and Experiment
- 15:30 #160 A CFD Study of Fork-Wheel Aerodynamic Interaction in Cycling
S04-D
• Chairs: Lakshmana Doddipatla; Chieh-Hsun Wu
- 14:15 #248 Aerodynamic Loading Under Progressive Envelope Failure Using Large-Eddy Simulations
- 14:30 #218 Computational Benefits of Fast Non-Linear Analysis for Performance-Based Wind Design of Tall Mass-Timber Buildings
- 14:45 #227 Computational Wind Load Generation Based on Regenerated Coherence Method for Time-History Analysis of Tall Buildings
- 15:00 #236 Comparative Analysis of Wind Loads on Tall Buildings Derived from State-Of-The-Art LES CFD with Eurocode Design Approaches
- 15:15 #241 Roof Pressure Coefficients in Successive Eurocode Standards: Derivation, Divergence and Implications for Irish Wind Load Assessment
- 15:30 #263 Robust Topology Optimization of High Rise Building Facades Under Stochastic Wind Loads
MS08-A
• Chairs: Anant Gairola; Djordje Romanic
- 14:15 #25 Vortex Shedding of Square and Rectangular Cylinders in Accelerating and Decelerating Flow Conditions
- 14:30 #45 Effects of Spanwise Non-Uniform Inflow on the Aerodynamic Characteristics on a 5:1 Rectangular Cylinder [Full Paper]
- 14:45 #252 Numerical Modeling of Downburst-Induced Building Loads
- 15:00 #243 Topographical Effects on Downburst-Induced Wind Loads: a BIM-Based CFD Analysis in Hilly Terrain
- 15:15 #296 Investigating Interference Effects on Aerodynamic Loading Under Tornado-Like Vortices: an LES Study
- 15:30 #304 Large-Eddy Simulations of Downburst Flow and Wind Loading Using a Cooling Source Term
S06-A
5/6
• Chairs: Lin Zhao; Antonio Jose Alvarez Naveira
- 14:15 #186 Wind Climate-Adaptive Design for Retrofitting Hurricane-Impacted Long-Span Bridges
- 14:30 #52 Computational Analysis of VIV of a Pedestrian Suspension Bridge with a Span of 250 M Combined with Wind Tunnel Test Data
- 14:45 #64 Parametric Study of Cable-Supported Bridge Decks Under Wind Loads
- 15:00 #105 Reliability Based Design Optimization of the Deck Suspension Bridge Considering Buffeting Constraints
- 15:15 #112 Probabilistic Optimization of Twin Box Shape and Steel Plate Size of Suspension Bridges Under Flutter Constraint
S05-D
5/6
• Chairs: Takashi Takeuchi; Jennifer Keenahan
- 14:15 #302 Large-Eddy Simulations of Pressure Driven Interior Flows
- 14:30 #305 CFD Analysis of Wind Safety and Material Take-Off at Exposed Upper Levels During Construction Stages
- 14:45 #306 CFD Analysis of Interior Architectural Details on Interior Air Quality and Exterior Comfort
- 15:00 #317 Comparative Numerical Simulation of Wind-Driven Natural Ventilation of Low-Rise Buildings with Varying Window Arrangements
- 15:15 #320 Effects of Modeling Detail of 3D City Models on CFD Urban Microclimate Assessment
15:45–16:00
Coffee Break
16:00–17:30
MS07-E
• Chairs: Ted Stathopoulos; Tsubasa Okaze
- 16:00 #69 Topographic Effects on Near-Surface Winds Over an Actual Hilly Island Using CFD Simulations
- 16:15 #148 A Unified Methodology for Sand, Rain and Snow Through the Immersed Boundary Method
- 16:30 #151 CFD Modeling of Wind-Fire Interaction and Smoke Exposure in Wildland-Urban Interface Environments
- 16:45 #216 Application of Computational Fluid Dynamics to Wind-Driven Rain Analysis for Optimised Urban Building Design
- 17:00 #289 Simulating Thunderstorm Downburst Winds by CFD: Impinging Jet Versus Gravity Current Technique
- 17:15 #616 Mini-symposium Closing Remarks
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MS08-B
• Chairs: Anant Gairola; Djordje Romanic
- 16:00 #288 High-Fidelity CFD Reconstruction of the Full-Scale Thunderstorm Downburst Event in the City of Genoa, Italy
- 16:15 #79 Exploring Downburst Propagation in Idealized Urban Environments Using Large-Eddy Simulations
- 16:30 #80 Wind Chamber and LES-Based Investigation of Surface Pressures in Downburst-Like Impinging Jets
- 16:45 #226 Assessing Ligurian Downslope Winds Using Lidar Observations and CFD Simulations
- 17:00 #258 Numerical Simulation of Windeee’s Downburst
- 17:15 #310 Digital Twin of a Supercell Rear-Flank Downdraft (RFD) Current in a Computational Domain Using LES
S06-B
4/6
• Chairs: Santiago Hernández; Etienne Cheynet
- 16:00 #153 Comparisons of Experimental, Cfd, and Machine-Learning Based Predictions of Bridge Force and Moment Coefficients
- 16:15 #40 Numerical Study on the Aerodynamic Properties of Rectangular Prism with Side Ratio of Two Rotating at a Constant Speed
- 16:30 #50 Large-Eddy Simulation of Key Phases of Racing Wheelchair Athlete Motion
- 16:45 #297 Some Theoretical Considerations for the Spanwise Correlation of Unsteady Force: the Case of a Square Cylinder
MS06-B
• Chairs: Fei Ding; Teng Wu
- 16:00 #245 A Knowledge-Enhanced Two-Stage Transformer Framework for Wind Field Reconstruction from Sparse Measurements [Full Paper]
- 16:15 #246 A Novel Numerical Framework for Efficient Design of Aerodynamic Mitigators in Solar Tracker Systems
- 16:30 #247 Towards Autonomous Numerical Wind Tunnel Testing: a Domain Knowledge-Enhanced LLM-CFD Framework for Structural Aerodynamics
- 16:45 #254 Differentiable Hybrid Neural-CFD Modeling of 3D Wall-Bounded Turbulence
- 17:00 #257 Autonomous CFD Preparation: Agentic AI for Mesh Generation and Turbulence Representation
- 17:15 #78 Toward the Integration of Data Assimilation and Machine Learning for Improved RANS Turbulence Modeling of Urban Flows
18:00–20:00
Gala Dinner
Day 3 — Wednesday, June 10
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08:00–09:00
Hot Breakfast
09:00–10:00
Keynote
Catherine Gorle (Stanford University, USA)
Accelerating the Adoption of LES for Next-Generation Wind Engineering
10:00–10:15
Coffee Break | Sponsor Exhibition
10:15–11:45
MS02-A
5/6
• Chairs: Nigel Kaye; Anwar Awol
- 10:15 #34 Rooftop Design for Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Using CFD Simulations
- 10:30 #53 Helium-Heat Similarity for Urban Wind and Thermal Flows: a CFD-Based Verification Study
- 10:45 #70 Investigation of Wind Speed Profiles in an Urban Area by a Multiple-Fan Wind Tunnel Facility
- 11:00 #77 Towards an Integrated Framework Connecting Urban Morphology and Wind Engineering
- 11:15 #242 Key Challenges of AI for Urban Microclimate Simulations
S07-A
5/6
• Chairs: Bingchao Zhang; Lisa Schielicke
- 10:15 #82 Analysis of Urban Greenhouse Gas Dispersion Within Downtown Montréal Using Computational Fluid Dynamics and Field Measurements
- 10:30 #191 Integrated Long-Term Snow Accumulation Prediction Using a Coupled Snowdrift-Snowmelt Framework with OpenFOAM
- 10:45 #223 Air Quality and Pollution Dispersion Using CWE
- 11:00 #232 A Multi-Level Framework for Modeling Wildfires at the Wildland-Urban Interface: Case Study of the 2025 Eaton Fire
- 11:15 #90 Evaluation of Heat Stress and Hot Environment in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area on an Extreme Hot Day in 2018 [Full Paper]
S02
5/6
• Chairs: Luca Patruno; Daniel Lander
- 10:15 #18 Record Length Coefficient in Up-Crossing Rate Analysis for Design Wind Velocities in Canada
- 10:30 #93 Effect of Coherent Structures Occurring in Urban Boundary Layer During a Typhoon on Turbulent Fields Within the Urban Canopy
- 10:45 #131 Sensitivity of LES Wind Loads to Turbulence Coherency Decay Coefficients
- 11:00 #291 Assessment of Regularized Variational Multiscale Eddy-Viscosity Models in Homogeneous Isotropic Turbulence
- 11:15 #319 Efficient Stochastic Reconstruction of Experimental Wind Loads Using Proper Orthogonal Decomposition
MS09-A
• Chairs: Jin Wang; Guowei Qian
- 10:15 #47 Towards Reliable CFD Validation from Wind Tunnel Studies of the Flow in a Street Canyon [Full Paper]
- 10:30 #161 Wind Tunnel Tests of Flow Structures and Peak Pressures Over a Low-Rise Building: Building a Dataset for CWE Model Validation
- 10:45 #164 Comparative Assessment of Inflow Turbulence Generation Methods and Subgrid-Scale Models for Large Eddy Simulation of Turbulent Flow Over Hilly Terrain
- 11:00 #200 A Benchmark of the Aerodynamics of a Medium-Rise Building Tested in Different Wind Tunnels and Conditions
- 11:15 #205 Experimental Study of Aerodynamics of Train-Bridge System in Synoptic and Non-Synoptic Winds
- 11:30 #323 Large-Scale Experimental and Numerical Study of Wind Flow Over Mono-Slope Roof Building: the Role of Eddy Viscosity in Numerical Prediction Accuracy
S09-C
• Chairs: Hassan Hemida; REDA SNAIKI
- 10:15 #204 Overcoming predictive limitations in observation-based wind speed forecasting using NWP data [Full Paper]
- 10:30 #222 AI-Assisted Satellite Detection of Tornado and Downburst Forest Damage in Canada
- 10:45 #235 A Hybrid Deep Learning Framework for Regional-Scale Forecasting of Hurricane-Driven Flood Evolution
- 11:00 #250 Automated Geometric Model Generation from Point Clouds for Digital Twin-Based Wind Simulations
- 11:15 #270 Automated Classification of Thunderstorm Wind Events Using Deep Learning: Implications for United States Wind Climatology
- 11:30 #274 From Simulations to Models: Predicting Natural Ventilation
11:45–12:00
Plenary Event
Poster Presentations
- 321. Turbulent eddy structure and vortex dynamics in deep convection and its sensitivity to microphysical parameterizations — Lisa Schielicke, Christoph Gatzen, John Hanesiak, Clinton Macadam, Morgan Schneider, David Sills
- 183. Development of a Platform for Risk Assessment and Early Warning of Urban Wind Hazards — Boram Kim, Seungmin HAN, Kyucheoul Shim
- 166. Comparison between k-epsilon (URANS) and Spalart-Allmaras (DES) turbulence models for CFD simulation of boundary layer wind tunnel experiment — Lilli Sacharow, Daniel Markus, Thorben Weihbrecht, Andre Stollenwerk, Rolf-Dieter Lieb
- 159. Wind effects on Base-Isolated Building-A Review — Divya prakash, Ajay Gairola
- 94. Development of a Wind-Induced NATECH Scenario Generation Technology for Industrial Complexes — ChangHee Won, MinHo Kang, Sungsu Lee
- 27. PID Control of Mean Velocity and Reynolds Stress for Generating Inflow Conditions in LES of Boundary Layer Flow — Hitoshi Suto, Keisuke Nakao, Yasuo Hattori
- 16. Influence of Hilly Terrain Slopes on External Flow and Façade Pressure Distribution Around Tall Buildings — Saalim B.Kaisar, Dr Rajendra K. Varma
- 111. From Circulation Regimes to Convective Precipitation Extremes: A Multi-Scale Perspective — Marie-Christin Eckert, Annette Rudolph, Lisa Schielicke
12:00–13:00
Lunch Break | Sponsor Exhibition
12:45–13:00
Plenary Event
Platinum Sponsor Spotlight: Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel Laboratory (BLWTL)
13:00–14:00
Keynote
John Kilpatrick (RWDI, Canada)
An Evolution of Computational Tools in Commercial Wind Engineering Practice
14:00–14:15
Short Break
14:15–15:45
MS02-B
5/6
• Chairs: Takeshi Ishihara; David Roueche
- 14:15 #133 Connecting Synoptic and Micro Scale for Wind Load Assessment in Extreme Storms in a Future Warmer Climate
- 14:30 #157 Pollutant Source Term Estimation in a Two-Dimensional Street Canyon Using Physics-Informed Neural Networks
- 14:45 #208 Influence of Advertisement Boards on Urban Street Canyon Thermal Environment Under Different Wind Directions
- 15:00 #228 A Two-Stage CFD Method for Wind Microclimate Studies Coupling Large-Scale Topography and Local Urban Regions
- 15:15 #113 Identfy Unsafe Zones for UAV Operations Around Target Buildings in Urban Airspace Under Turbulent Wind Conditions
MS03
5/6
• Chairs: Ahmed Elshaer; Stefano Brusco
- 14:15 #194 Typhoon Wind Effects on Coastal Infrastructures: a Probabilistic Perspective
- 14:30 #196 Transient Wind-Response Prediction of a High-Rise Building Using LES and Newmark-Beta Dynamics Validated Against Full-Scale Measurements
- 14:45 #201 Wind-Induced Vibration Response of a Wind Turbine Under Downburst-Like Outflows
- 15:00 #220 A Multi-Source Hybrid AI Approach to Evaluate Wind Effects on Structures
- 15:15 #46 A Generative Modeling Approach for Two-Dimensional Spatiotemporal Flow Around Elliptical Cross-Sections
S08-A
4/6
• Chairs: Goncalo Pedro; Yuka Kikuchi
- 14:15 #19 Prediction of Airfoil Aerodynamic Coefficients at Near-Stall Angles in Critical Reynolds Number Flow Using CFD
- 14:30 #88 Predictive Framework for Wind Turbine Fatigue Loads Under Yawed Turbine Wake Effects
- 14:45 #98 LES Study of Wind Turbine Wake Characteristics in Inversion-Capped Neutral and Convective Boundary Layers
- 15:00 #122 Influence of Wind-Wave Interaction on Turbulent Flow Structures in Large Offshore Wind Farms [Full Paper]
MS09-B
5/6
• Chairs: Jin Wang; Guowei Qian
- 14:15 #212 CFD and PIV Comparison of the Anisotropy of Turbulence in the Wake of a Cyclist
- 14:30 #230 Benchmark Experimental Data for CFD Validation of Tornadic Wind Loads on Buildings
- 14:45 #234 Round-Robin Wind Tunnel Testing for High-Rise Buildings: Comparative Analysis of Approach Flow Effects on Aerodynamics and Structural Response
- 15:00 #271 Comparison of Rans, LES and WT Measurements of Surface Pressures on an Irregular, Low-Rise Building
- 15:15 #311 Comparison of Wind Tunnel Tests of Peak Pressures Over the TTU WERFL Building with Full-Scale Measurements [Full Paper]
MS11-A
• Chairs: Girma Bitsuamlak; Theodore Potsis
- 14:15 #213 Digitization of Wind Tunnel Experiments an AI-Based Approach to Wind Field Reconstruction and Visualization
- 14:30 #273 CFD Microclimate Modeling of NRC Campus in Ottawa, Canada: Landscape Impact Assessment
- 14:45 #601 Riding the Wind: Advances in Computational Wind Engineering from Concordia to WindEEE
- 15:00 #275 Unsteady Urban Buoyant Flows and Climate-Dependent Heat Mitigation by Trees
- 15:15 #278 A Short Perspective on Five Decades of Contributions to Wind Engineering Research and Practice by Professor Ted Stathopoulos
- 15:30 #283 From Davenport’s Wind Loading Framework to Contemporary Practice: Stathopoulos’ Role in Wind Load Evaluation for Low-Rise Buildings and Their Attachments [Full Paper]
15:45–16:00
Coffee Break
16:00–17:30
MS08-C
• Chairs: Anant Gairola; Djordje Romanic
- 16:00 #144 Effectiveness of Wall-Modeled Large-Eddy Simulation in Simulating Tornado-Like Vortices [Full Paper]
- 16:15 #238 LES and WindEEE Simulations of Tornadic Wind Fields
- 16:30 #215 Advancing Tornado-Like Vortices (TLVs) Modeling in Straight-Line Simulators
- 16:45 #168 Simultaneous Assessment of Debris Trajectories to Determine Characteristics of the July 1, 2023 Didsbury, Alberta Ef4 Tornado
- 17:00 #229 Evaluating WRF-Simulated Winds Against Full-Scale Measurements in the August 2020 Derecho
- 17:15 #253 Coupled WRF and Damage Analysis of the 21 May 2022 Canadian Derecho
S06-C
4/6
• Chairs: Zachary Taylor; Ibuki Kusano
- 16:00 #224 Buffeting-Resistant Design of Bridge Deck Shape Under Synoptic and Non-Synoptic Wind Scenarios
- 16:15 #231 Prediction of Javelin Flight Trajectory Using a Combination of CFD and Dynamic Simulation [Full Paper]
- 16:30 #255 Hurricane Buffeting-Induced Life-Cycle Downtime Risk Assessment of Long-Span Coastal Bridges with Performance-Based Wind Design
- 16:45 #307 Vortex-Induced Vibration Performance and Suppression Mechanism of Spanwise Spoilers for Separated Twin Rectangular Box Girders
S08-B
4/6
• Chairs: Yuan-Lung Lo; Kyohei Noguchi
- 16:00 #138 Reduction of Dynamic Response and Wind Turbine Loading for Floating Offshore Wind Turbine System Using Feed Forward Control
- 16:15 #195 CFD of Flow Characteristics of Oscillating Multiple Flat Plates [Full Paper]
- 16:30 #281 Energy Harvesting of Wind-Induced Ultra-Low-Frequency Vibrations Using Nonlinear Energy Sink Strategies [Full Paper]
- 16:45 #315 Impact of Corrosion on the Structural Response of Offshore Wind Turbines’ Monopile
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No session in this room
MS11-B
5/6
• Chairs: Girma Bitsuamlak; Theodore Potsis
- 16:00 #312 Effect of Turbulence Inflow Conditions on Wind Load Prediction for High-Rise Buildings
- 16:15 #285 Benchmarking LES Simulations Using Experimental Databases for Fragility Curve Development
- 16:30 #316 Field Monitoring Investigation of the Wind Load and Load Path in an Open Structure
- 16:45 #318 Analytical and Numerical Models of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Winds Interacting with Downbursts
- 17:00 #284 Comparative Study of Structural Snow Load Predictions from Experimental and CFD Approaches Using the Finite Area Element Method
17:30–18:30
Meeting
AWE Journal Board Meeting
19:00–21:00
Meeting
IAWE Executive Board Dinner & Meeting
18:00–20:00
Wind tunnel tours (BLWTL and WindEEE) - 2
Day 4 — Thursday, June 11
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08:00–09:00
Hot Breakfast
09:00–10:00
Keynote
Laxmi Sushama (McGill University, Canada)
Leveraging Multi-scale Climate Modelling to Future-Proof the Built Environment
10:00–10:15
Coffee Break
10:15–11:45
MS10-A
• Chairs: Maria Pia Repetto; Félix Nieto; Connell Shamus Miller; Stefanie Gillmeier
- 10:15 #132 Downburst Peak Pressures Over 6 Rows of Solar Trackers
- 10:30 #149 ERIES-TNG: Insights Into Tornado Vortex Wandering
- 10:45 #172 Development of a Canadian Severe Storms Event Database
- 11:00 #187 An ML-Based Surrogate Model for Predicting Velocity and Turbulence Intensity Profiles from Arbitrary Roughness Distributions in a Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel
- 11:15 #202 Experimental Database of Simulated Wind Fields and Aeroelastic Response of Lattice Towers in the WindEEE Dome
- 11:30 #211 Leveraging Experimental and Field Measurement Campaigns Across Machine Learning, CFD and Satellite Imagery in Wind Engineering Applications
S07-B
• Chairs: Hideki Kikumoto; Yasuyuki Ishida
- 10:15 #60 The Significance of Droplet-Surface Interaction Models on the Spray Distribution Predictions from a Rotating Wheel
- 10:30 #118 Wind Driven Rain: a Parametric Study on Bus Stop Canopy
- 10:45 #128 Impact of Stoss Slope on Airflow Dynamics Over Transverse Dunes in Deserts: Experimental and Numerical Investigations [Full Paper]
- 11:00 #146 Large Eddy Simulation and Case Study of Reactive Pollutant Dispersion at a Real Intersection in Downtown Montréal
- 11:15 #170 CFD Analysis of Topographic Shielding Effects on Wind Flow Over Ridge and Plateau Features
- 11:30 #198 Environmental Loading on Lalibela’s Biete Giorgis Church: a CFD Study of Wind-Driven Rain
MS05
5/6
• Chairs: Payam Gholamalipour; Ted Stathopoulos; Hua Ge
- 10:15 #600 Introductory keynote presentation
- 10:30 #95 Wind-Driven Rain Exposure of Pedestrians in Urban Environments
- 10:45 #97 Field Measurements and Numerical Modelling of Wind-Driven Rain: Absorption and Runoff on Building Materials
- 11:00 #139 Droplet Deposition on Inclined Porous Materials : Modeling Maximum Spreading
- 11:15 #184 Wind-Driven Rain Prediction on Building Facades: Evaluation of Machine Learning Models
S04-E
5/6
• Chairs: Yasushi Uematsu; Frank Kemper
- 10:15 #290 Structural Effects of Floating Wind Turbines Based on Typhoon-Wave Prediction
- 10:30 #308 Critical Tornado Configurations for Guyed Transmission Towers Subjected to Tornado Loading
- 10:45 #309 Elevated Conical Tanks in Codified Wind Load Provisions: Limitations of Cylindrical Analogies
- 11:00 #313 Ground Wires Longitudinal Forces on End Transmission Tower Subjected to Downbursts
- 11:15 #277 Numerical Simulations of Hurricane Wind Loading in the Presence of Waves
S09-A
4/6
• Chairs: Alessandro Mariotti; Miguel Cid Montoya
- 10:15 #23 Estimating Pollutant Dispersion in a Two-Dimensional Street Canyon Using Physics-Informed Neural Networks
- 10:30 #58 Wind Flow Field Reconstruction by Boundary Condition Identification in Structures from Sparse Measurements.
- 10:45 #66 Predicting Pedestrian-Level Percentile Wind Speeds from Second-Order Statistics with Convolutional Neural Networks
- 11:00 #72 A Hierarchical Framework for Reconstructing High-Resolution Urban Wind Fields from Constrained Sensor Networks [Full Paper]
11:45–12:45
Lunch Break
12:45–13:45
13:45–14:00
Short Break
14:00–15:30
MS10-B
5/6
• Chairs: Maria Pia Repetto; Félix Nieto; Connell Shamus Miller; Stefanie Gillmeier
- 14:00 #233 A Wind Tunnel Study of Urban Pollution Dispersion - Benchmark Data from the ValUr Project
- 14:15 #279 Aerodynamic Characterisation of the DrivAer Car Model Under Crosswind Through Wind Tunnel Testing
- 14:30 #287 Investigation of Extreme Winds for the Estimation of Aerodynamic Loads on Containership and Port Infrastructures
- 14:45 #300 Experimental Investigation of Wind Effects on Ground-Level and Urban Vertiports
- 15:00 #322 Influence of Crown Porosity on Drag Coefficient of Deciduous and Coniferous Model Trees
S09-B
• Chairs: Seymour Spence; Sejin Kim
- 14:00 #76 A Benchmark Dataset for AI-driven Pedestrian-Level Wind Assessment in Early-Stage Urban Design
- 14:15 #91 Time-History Wind Response Analysis of High-Rise Buildings Using Latent Space Time-Step Operators [Full Paper]
- 14:30 #101 A Prototype Machine Learning-Based System for Predicting Thunderstorm Wind Gusts
- 14:45 #116 Large-Scale CFD Analysis of Urban Airflow and Pollutant Transport Over a 24-Hour Period Associated with POD Analysis: the Vallecas District (Madrid) Case Study
- 15:00 #123 Wind Pressure Prediction on Low-Rise Buildings Based on an Image Method
- 15:15 #124 Flow Activity-Based Sampling (Fabas) of 3D LES-Generated Flow Fields for AI-Based Flow Compression and Prediction
S03
• Chairs: Jens Christian Bennetsen; Christoph Gatzen
- 14:00 #167 WRF Simulation of the Thunderstorm Downburst That Caused the Bayesian Sinking in Porticello (Italy)
- 14:15 #49 Numerical Investigation of Aerodynamic Characteristics of a High-Rise Building in a Steady Thunderstorm Outflow-Like Flow Field
- 14:30 #104 CFD Study on the Aerodynamics of a Square Cylinder Under Time-Varying Accelerating Flow Conditions
- 14:45 #107 Prediction of Typhoon-Induced Gust Wind Speed Using Mesoscale Model and Best Track Data
- 15:00 #143 The Influence of Bottom Boundary Conditions on Simulated Mesovortex Evolution [Full Paper]
- 15:15 #286 Wind Environment Characteristics at Taishan Nuclear Power Plant Over Coastal Complex Terrain: a Tri-Methodology Approach
MS01-C
5/6
• Chairs: Guirong (Grace) Yan; Tibebu H. Birhane
- 14:00 #240 Statistical Characteristics of Tornado Wind Speeds from WindEEE Dome Experiment
- 14:15 #262 The Mechanism of Tornadogenesis from the Perspective of Vortex Tube
- 14:30 #268 Investigating How Terrain Modifies Wind Speeds and Central Pressure Deficit in Tornadic Wind Field
- 14:45 #282 A Concept for a Design Tornado in Wind Load Provisions
- 15:00 #301 A Hybrid Analytical-Stochastic Framework for Simulating Downburst Winds on Moving Vehicles: the CROSS-STORM Project Approach
MS04
3/6
• Chairs: Bowei Li; Guangzhao Chen
- 14:00 #33 Computer-Vision Enables Subassembly Damage Identification on Heterogeneous Hurricane Reconnaissance Imagery
- 14:15 #192 A Multi-Hazard Community Risk Assessment Framework for Hurricanes Considering Wind-Water Interaction and Building-Specific Characteristics
- 14:30 #239 A Framework for Translating Hurricane Forecasts Into Real-Time Cladding Damage Risk
15:30–15:45
Coffee Break
15:45–16:15
Plenary Event
Closing Ceremony & Best Paper Awards
Post-Conference — Friday, June 12
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