Research
The Wind Wave and Water Centre covers a wide range of research initiatives related to fluid mechanics. Our key research mainly focuses on:
Wind Engineering
- Wind load on structures
- Aerodynamics of structures
- Pollutant dispersion in urban environments
- Fire spreading and fire safety in urban environments
- Pedestrian wind comfort
- Wind energy
- Aerodynamics design of buildings
Fluid Mechanics
- Natural convection boundary layers
- Boundary layer stability
- Gravity currents
- Magnetic convection
- Scaling analysis
Environmental Flows
- Buoyancy driven flows
- Natural convection
- Exchange and mixing processes in reservoirs
- particle transport
- Fluid biological interactions
Environmental Modelling