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TOKYO POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY
The School of Architecture & Wind Engineering
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Date February 23-25, 2010
Venue 澎叠供份络池更腾キャンパス塑篡1超011兜技
Titles Environmental Wind Engineering
[Lecture 1] Introduction
Environmental wind engineering issues
Wind characteristics; wind structure; wind climatology
[Lecture 2] Pedestrian level winds
Fundamentals of wind-buildings interaction;
experimental approaches vs CFD; case studies
[Lecture 3] Wind comfort
Wind comfort criteria; wind ordinances; overall comfort issues;
Comfort in tall buildings
[Lecture 4] Exhaust Dispersion around Buildings
Assessment via ASHRAE semi-empirical methodology; wind tunnel
experimentation; field experiments; numerical methods (CFD); and
EPA-approved models. Design guidelines (codes and standards,
ASHRAE, simple provisions)
[Lecture 5] Natural / Hybrid Ventilation in Buildings
General overview, objectives, barriers and opportunities; case studies;
design issues: fundamentals of natural ventilation; orifice equation,
discharge coefficients, internal pressure coefficients; cross-ventilation;
wind tunnel experimentation; guidelines.
Lecturer Theodore Stathopoulos (Professor, Concordia University)
Date February 15-17, 2010
Venue 澎叠供份络池更腾キャンパス塑篡1超011兜技
Titles to be fixed

2008钳刨の怪盗柒推∈徊雇∷
[Lecture 1&2]
Study of tornado wind and their effects on buildings

[Lecture 3&4]
Study of downburst wind and their effects on buildings

[Lecture 5&6]
Aerodynamic loads and response of slender structures in time domain
Lecturer Partha P. Sarkar (Professor, Iowa State University)
Date February 8-10, 2010
Venue 澎叠供份络池更腾キャンパス塑篡
011兜技∈2/8), 021兜技(2/9,10)
Titles Title: Wind Effects on the Components & Cladding of Low-Rise Buildings

[Lecture 1]
Aerodynamics of low-rise buildings.
Wind loads on building components and cladding.

[Lecture 2]
Internal pressures.
Wind tunnel testing of low-rise buildings.

[Lecture 3]
Typical failures of low-rise buildings in wind storms.
Test methods of building components and cladding.

[Lecture 4]
Performance and testing of glass and windows. Testing for wind-driven rain.

[Lecture 5]
Following failure: flight of wind borne debris. Debris impact testing.
Lecturer Gregory A. Kopp (Professor, University of Western Ontario)
Date February 1-3, 2010
Venue 澎叠供份络池更腾キャンパス011兜技
Titles [Lecture 1]
Atmospheric motions (2 x 45 minutes)

[Lecture 2]
The Planetary Boundary Layer and wind profiles (2 x 45 minutes)

[Lecture 3]
Wind spectra and turbulence (2 x 45 minutes)

[Lecture 4]
Gust factor approach to tall building excitation (2 x 45 minutes)
Lecturer Richard GJ Flay (Professor, Auckland University)
Date January 25-27, 2010
Venue 澎叠供份络池更腾キャンパス011兜技
Titles Research on the flight of wind borne debris

[Lecture 1] Introduction
Historical survey, effects of flying debris, types of debris,
initiation of motion, dimensionless parameters

[Lecture 2] The forces on wind borne debris
Basic assumptions, Quasi-steady forces, autorotation forces, Force
measurements

[Lecture 3] Trajectory predictions
Two and three dimensional trajectory equations, solution methods,
predicted trajectories, sensitivity to initial conditions

[Lecture 4] Risk analysis methods
Requirements for risk analysis and codification, current approaches

[Lecture 5] Other applications of the debris flight equations
Ballast movement under trains, leaf movement around trains, sports ball trajectories
Lecturer Christoper James Baker (Professor, University of Birmingham)
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