Physics-based framework for wind speed estimation from wind-borne debris flight imagery
December 2026
Non-synoptic wind events, such as tornadoes and downbursts, account for significant weather-related fatalities and billions of dollars in property damage annually in the United States. Yet understanding...
Modeling urban wind speed distributions around high-rise residential blocks: A statistical approach
December 2026
Statistical data interpretation techniques are rarely applied to wind environment assessments due to limited data visualization capabilities. However, in experimental studies, descriptive analyses play...
Wind tunnel evaluation of localized pressure distribution on tall building envelope with corner modifications
December 2026
Aerodynamic corner modifications significantly alter airflow patterns around tall buildings, influencing both global wind loads and localized surface pressures critical for building envelope design....
Characterization of various types of two feedback channel fluidic oscillator using computational methods
December 2026
The modified fluidic oscillator (FO) mixing chamber produces significant changes in fluid flow characteristics, but the underlying physical mechanisms are not yet comprehensively understood. A two-dimensional...
Optimizing wind energy systems with ML-driven genetic algorithms
December 2026
The increasing penetration of wind energy into modern power systems requires advanced control strategies capable of maintaining high efficiency and reliable operation under variable and uncertain wind...
Statistical characteristics of extreme wind duration using surface observations in the United States
December 2026
The current prescriptive wind design heavily depends on the statistical analysis of wind speed and direction, yet the duration of wind events has received limited attention partly because of its limited...
Effects of Upwind Roughness Transitions on Low-Rise Buildings: Wind Tunnel Experiments and Predictive Estimation from Uniform Roughness Results
Available online 16 October 2026
Extensive wind tunnel testing was performed to investigate heterogeneous terrain effects on wind profiles and pressures on low-rise buildings. The trends of wind profile changes were observed with various...
Assessing green wall efficiency of removing fine particulate matter from idealized urban settings with varying building packing densities
Available online 14 October 2026
It is not yet well understood how efficiently green walls remove fine particulate matter (PM) from urban areas with various building densities. This study employs Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)...
Building-induced low-level wind shear around airports: simulation methods, measurement technologies, and experimental evidence
Available online 14 October 2026
Building-induced low-level wind shear (LLWS) is a persistent hazard to aircraft approach and landing at major airports. This article synthesizes current approaches for characterizing, simulating, and...
Fourier Neural Operator-Based Surrogate Modeling for Efficient Wind-Induced Response Prediction of High-Rise Buildings
Available online 14 October 2026
Efficient prediction of wind-induced time-history responses is important for the analysis of high-rise buildings under numerous random wind-load scenarios. This study develops a one-dimensional Fourier...
On the importance of wind turbine blade numerical modeling: A state-of-the-art review
Available online 13 October 2026
As wind energy underpins the global trajectory toward carbon neutrality, the industry’s pivot toward the 15–20MW era has exposed the limitations of conventional linear modeling assumptions under large...
Draft ISO standard for simplified performance-based wind design of tall concrete buildings
September 2026
Conventional elastic wind design procedures increasingly face limitations when applied to tall concrete buildings, particularly where wind loads govern structural strength and interact with seismic...
Field based wind energy assessment of the Kati Bandar-Gharo wind corridor in southern Pakistan using tall mast measurements
September 2026
As global energy demand keeps growing and requires sustainable power sources, wind energy provides a clean and green solution. Coastal zones especially present a significant wind power capacity driven...
Aeroelastic instability of ultra-long flexible blades in floating offshore wind turbines: A state-of-the-art review
September 2026
Large-scale floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) represent the core equipment for deep-sea wind energy exploitation. Under the combined influence of wind, waves, and currents, the ultra-long flexible...
Classification of flow regimes and interference mechanisms for three equilateral square cylinders at various wind angles
September 2026
The wind direction angle is an important factor affecting the flow field and forces around square columns, substantially altering wake characteristics. Configurations with closer spacing exhibit greater...
A partial turbulence approach to estimate peak pressure coefficients on sloped roofs of low-rise buildings
September 2026
A method is developed to estimate peak pressure coefficients on low-rise building roofs that utilizes the concepts of partial turbulence simulation (PTS). Quasi-Steady (QS) vector models are adopted...
Local wind effects on race car lap time dynamics
September 2026
Lap time simulations are used to ascertain the overall performance of a car around a given track. The track selected here is Silverstone in its modern configuration. A high-fidelity Large-eddy Simulation...
A model of pressure--velocity admittance function for local pressures on building roofs and leeward façades
September 2026
This study revisits aerodynamic admittance functions for roof pressures on buildings subjected to turbulent wind conditions. A new model for pressure–velocity admittance is proposed, expressed as a...
Reconstruction and simulation of non-synoptic wind fields for nonlinear aeroelastic analysis of long-span bridges
September 2026
Non-synoptic extreme winds such as thunderstorms and downbursts exhibit pronounced non-stationarity, with rapid variations in wind speed, turbulence characteristics, and angle of attack that challenge...
A data-driven approach to evaluate gust wind speeds for urban wind microclimate studies
Available online 11 September 2026
The aerodynamics of urban landscapes are complex and characterised by unsteady three-dimensional turbulent flow patterns that have the potential to impact the wind comfort and safety of pedestrians....
Experimental investigation of a co-planar three rotor multi-rotor wind turbine under different yaw angles
Available online 11 September 2026
Multi-rotor wind turbines are gaining attention as a promising solution for improving the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of wind energy systems. This study investigates the aerodynamic performance...
Characterization of flow over an isolated tall building through laboratory experiments and large-eddy simulations
Available online 10 September 2026
In urban environments, the aerodynamic behavior of high-rise structures differs significantly from that of mid-to-low-rise buildings. Flow around an isolated tall building embedded in an atmospheric...
Experimental Investigation of Bio-Inspired Serrated Vortex Generators for Performance Improvement of an H-Rotor Darrieus Vertical Axis Wind Turbine
Available online 10 September 2026
Vertical-axis wind turbines (VAWTs) face challenges in achieving high aerodynamic performance, particularly in low-wind-speed urban environments where flow separation and dynamic stall can limit energy...
Offshore Winds and Vertical Wind Shear at an Atlantic Port Location
Available online 5 August 2026
This study systematically evaluates the performance of the Weather Research and Forecasting Model (WRF) mesoscale model and the ERA5 reanalysis dataset in representing offshore wind profiles at a coastal...
Numerical investigation of anti-icing in a wind turbine blade section using a swirling hot-air flow
Available online 3 August 2026
This study presents a numerical investigation of a hot-air anti-icing concept for a wind turbine blade operating under cold-climate conditions. The system is based on the supply of swirling heated air...