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TOKYO POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY
The School of Architecture & Wind Engineering
Global COE program secretariat 1583, Iiyama, Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa, 243-0297, Japan
TEL & FAX:046-242-9658
E-mail:gcoeoffice@arch.t-kougei.ac.jp

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Date [Date] February 15-17, 2011
Venue [Venue] 011 room, Hon-kan, Atsugi Campus, Tokyo Polytechnic University
Titles [Lecture 1]
Codification for the Wind Response of Structures (general)

[Lecture 2]
Codification for the Response of Bridges to Wind

[Lecture 3]
Codification for the Response of Tall Buildings to Wind

[Lecture 4]
Examples of the Real Response of Structures to Wind Excitation

[Lecture 5]
Design of Structures for Multiple Actions (wind, earthquake, traffic)
Lecturer Alan P. Jeary (Professor, University of Western Sydney)
Date [Date] February 8-10, 2011
Venue [Venue] 011 room, Hon-kan, Atsugi Campus, Tokyo Polytechnic University
Titles [Lecture 1]
Passive Cooling of Buildings

[Lecture 2]
Air Flow in Urban Canyons

[Lecture 3]
Air Flow in Urban Canyons

[Lecture 4]
Natural ventilation in buildings

[Lecture 5]
The use of cool materials in buildings
Lecturer Matthew Santamouris (Professor, University of Athens)
Date [Date] February 1-3, 2011
Venue [Venue] 011 room, Hon-kan, Atsugi Campus, Tokyo Polytechnic University
Titles [Lecture 1]
Atmospheric motions

[Lecture 2]
The Planetary Boundary Layer and wind profiles

[Lecture 3]
Wind spectra and turbulence

[Lecture 4]
Bluff body aerodynamics

[Lecture 5]
Gust factor approach to tall building along-wind excitation
Lecturer Richard GJ Flay (Professor, Auckland University)
Date [Date] January 25-26, 2011
Venue [Venue] 011 room, Hon-kan, Atsugi Campus, Tokyo Polytechnic University
Titles [Lecture 1]
Introduction to turbulence models for engineering applications related to wind environment (I):
Concept of Eddy Viscosity Model and basic equations of k-¦Å model

[Lecture 2]
Introduction to turbulence models for engineering applications related to wind environment (II):
a) Drawbacks of standard k-¦Åmodel and its revisions for wind engineering,
b) DSM, ASM and WET

[Lecture 3]
Introduction to turbulence models for engineering applications related to wind environment (III):
a) LES
b) Modeling of aerodynamic effects of small obstacles whose sizes are smaller than grid size (trees, small buildings, automobiles, pedestrians)

[Lecture 4]
Analysis of urban climate
a) Environmental impacts of urban heat islands and their countermeasures -experiences of
Japanese dense cities-
b) Heat balance analysis of urban space for climate sensitized urban planning
c) Up-scaling engineering CFD models to include mesoscale meteorological influences

[Lecture 5]
Total analysis of microclimate and pedestrian thermal comfort in cities
a) Coupled analysis of convection, radiation and conduction
b) Prediction of thermal environment and ventilation efficiency in real street canyons
c) Prediction of snow distribution in built-up environment--modeling of snowdrift and snowmelt-
Lecturer Akashi Mochida (Professor, Tohoku Unviersity)
Date [Date] January 18-20, 2011
Venue [Venue] Seminar room, 2nd floor, APEC Wind Hazard Mitigation Center, Atsugi Campus, Tokyo Polytechnic University
Titles [Lecture 1]
Wind Environment

[Lecture 2]
Wind effects on people

[Lecture 3]
Wind effects on transport networks

[Lecture 4]
Wind effects in the built environment

[Lecture 5]
Wind effects on agriculture
Lecturer Christoper James Baker (Professor, University of Birmingham)
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