Sports and Building Aerodynamics

Thisis a six-week course with the following contents:

Week1: Basicaspects of fluid flow

1. Fluid properties - part 1 (velocity, pressure, temperature)
2. Fluid properties - part 2 (density)
3. Fluid properties - part 3 (viscosity)
4. Flow properties - part 1
   
5. Flow properties - part 2
   
6. Fluid statics, kinematics, dynamics
   
7. Boundary layers - part 1
   
8. Boundary layers - part 2
9. Boundary layers - part 3
   
10. The atmospheric boundary layer

Week2:  Wind-tunnel testing

1. Why wind-tunnel testing?
   
2. Wind-tunnel types and applications
   
3. The atmospheric boundary layer wind tunnel
   
4. Wind-tunnel components
   
5. Measurements and flow visualization
   
6. Similarity and flow quality
7. Best practice guidelines

Week3: Computational Fluid Dynamics

1. ComputationalFluid Dynamics: what, why and how?
2. Approximateforms of the Navier-Stokesequations
3. Turbulencemodeling
4. Someaspects of discretization
5. Near-wallmodeling
6. Errorsand uncertainty, verification and validation
   
7. Bestpractice guidelines
8. ComputationalWindEngineering – Part 1
9. ComputationalWind Engineering – Part 2

Week4:  Building aerodynamics

1. Windflow around buildings – part 1
2. Windflow around buildings – part 2
3. Pedestrian-levelwind conditions around buildings – part 1
4. Pedestrian-levelwind conditions around buildings – part 2
5. Pedestrian-levelwind conditions around buildings – part 3
6. Naturalventilation of buildings
7. Wind-drivenrain on building facades – part 1
   
8. Wind-drivenrain on building facades – part 2
9. Windenergy in the built environment – part 1
   
10. Windenergy in the built environment – part 2

Week5: 100 m sprint aerodynamics

1. Why study sprint aerodynamics?
   
2. Mathematical-physical model of running
   
3. Wind effects
   
4. Altitude effects
   
5. Stadium aerodynamics and sprint records
   
6. Interview with a professional athletics coach
   

Week6:  Cycling aerodynamics

1. Whystudy cycling aerodynamics?
2. Wind-tunneltesting for a single cyclist – Part 1
   
3. Wind-tunneltesting for a single cyclist – Part 2
4. CFDsimulations for a single cyclist
   
5. Aerodynamicsof two drafting cyclists
6. Aerodynamicsof drafting cyclist groups
7. Aerodynamics of car-cyclist combinations
   
8. Interview  with professional cycling coaches from teams Belkin and RaboLiv