Advances in Computational Wind Engineering and Wind Energy

Dear Colleagues,

Computational wind engineering (CWE) is the application of computational methods to wind engineering problems. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) has constituted the major part of CWE, which is widely used in the research concerned with fluid flow in civil engineering. CWE has increasingly become an essential branch in the field of wind engineering.

The fluid problems encountered in CWE mainly feature complex geometry, high-Reynolds number and strong flow seperations, which make the application of CFD in wind engineering quite challenging and problematic. With the rapid development of CFD techniques and increasing availability of substantial computing power, CWE covers wind climate analysis, wind loadings on buildings and structures, bridge aerodynamics, pedestrian-level wind environment, wind-driven rain/snow/fire, etc. Nowadays, the emerging trend is the application of optimization in CWE and the AI (artificial intelligence)-driven CWE, suggesting the promising areas for future research.

In this Special Issue, we invite the researchers to publish original research and review papers on the advances in CWE, including, but are not limited to:

• atmospheric and pollutant dispersion;
• big data application to wind engineering;
• bluff body aerodynamics;
• bridge aerodynamics;
• computational methods for wind-related experiments;
• micro and meso-scale meteorology model development;
• model quality assurance;
• wind energy and applications;
• wind environment;
• wind hazard assessments;
• wind loading;
• wind-induced human comfort;
• wind-related disaster assessment;
• wind-structure interactions

Dr. Bowen Yan
Dr. Jinhui Yan
Dr. Chao Li
Dr. Chaorong Zheng
Dr. Xiao Li
Guest Editors

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