Novel Research on Permeable and Porous Elements in Wind Engineering
A special issue of Wind (ISSN 2674-032X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2026 | Viewed by 1481
Special Issue Editors
Interests: wind engineering; permeable element; computational fluid dynamics
2. Wind Engineering Research Center, Tokyo Polytechnic University, 1583, Iiyama, Atsugi, Kanagawa 243-0297, Japan
Interests: structural wind engineering; wind resistant design of buildings; bluff body aerodynamics; wind-related disaster risk reduction; mitigation of wind-induced vibrations; human comfort to building vibrations
Interests: wind engineering; wind effects on buildings and special structures (e.g. solar arrays); wind effects on trees and shelterbelts; CFD simulation
Interests: wind engineering; computational fluid dynamics; synthetic turbulence; bluff body aerodynamics
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Dear Colleagues,
With the advantage of their versatility, e.g., in reducing wind loading on downstream objects and affecting turbulence structures, permeable/porous elements are increasingly used in the construction industry, ranging from the external skin facades of buildings to wind barriers used for bridge decks. For buildings, permeable/porous structures ensure ventilation while allowing sunlight penetration, achieving good energy-saving effects. With respect to bridge decks, permeable barriers have been proven effective in protecting vehicles from crosswinds.
However, despite being considered auxiliary structures, permeable/porous elements significantly affect the aerodynamic performance of the overall structure. In fact, the presence of permeable/porous elements may cause strong flow separations, which strongly alter the flow organization around the entire structure and, consequently, the forces exerted by wind. A well-known example is that wind barriers might increase the vortex-induced vibrations (VIVs) of bridge decks. Therefore, their aerodynamic behaviour, and especially the forces, must be characterized.
This Special Issue primarily aims to discuss the aerodynamic performance, applications, and modelling approaches of permeable/porous structures. Given these structures’ wide range of applications, this issue recognizes aerodynamic studies on any building or structure with permeable/porous elements exposed to the wind as valuable contributions. In particular, research on solid fences, as a special case of zero-porosity barriers, will also be considered. Moreover, in considering the difficulties of building reduced-scale models of pores for wind tunnel experiments and the large amounts of computational resources required for such numerical simulations, novel modelling approaches and the evaluations of current modelling methods of permeable/porous elements are particularly welcome.
Original research articles and reviews are also welcome in this Special Issue. Research areas of interest include (but are not limited to) the following:
- The aerodynamic behaviour of permeable/porous elements, e.g., wind barrier, porous skin façades, etc.
- Novel modelling approaches of permeable/porous elements in numerical simulations and wind tunnel experiments.
- Evaluations of the accuracy of current modelling approaches of permeable/porous elements
- Wind loads on the structures with permeable elements.
- Vortex-induced vibrations of bridge decks when adopting porous or solid barriers.
- Sand mitigation measures with barriers.
- The application of trees as windbreakers.
We look forward to receiving your contributions
Dr. Mao Xu
Prof. Dr. Yukio Tamura
Dr. Jingxue Wang
Dr. Luca Patruno
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- permeable structures
- wind barriers
- double-skin façades
- porous deflector
- grids
- air louvre
- wire mesh
- perforated screens
- resistance coefficients
- wind loading
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