Wind Engineering and Dispersion blog posts
Blog posts on the subject of trains in crosswinds can be found on the Train Aerodynamics page.
- Professor Julian Hunt FRS, Baron Hunt of Chesterton (1941-2026)
- The simulation of local tornado wind conditions
- Measurements of Carbon Dioxide concentrations in a church
- Pollutants, pathogens and public transport – ventilation, dispersion and dose
- The calculation of Covid-19 infection rates in churches
- The calculation of Covid-19 infection rates on GB trains
- Covid-19 and train ventilation
- Giovanni Solari 1953-2020
- International Wind Engineering seminars 2020/21 – some reflections
- Some thoughts on ventilation and pathogen concentration build up
- Tornadoes and debris
- Pollution, Covid and Trains
- International Wind Engineering Seminars
- Modelling of extreme wind gusts
- Air Pollution in Railway Stations
- Some musings on tornado vortex models
- Measuring the behaviour of pedestrians in high winds
- Vehicle restrictions during windy conditions on long span bridges
- Specifying accident windspeed risk
- Crop lodging
Wind Engineering and Dispersion papers
The links given below are to the publishers’ web sites, where the abstract can be read and the publication downloaded with the necessary permissions. Alternatively the final pre-publication of many (but not all) of these can be found the Birmingham Electronic Paper Repository here. Note also that many of the papers on the Train Aerodynamics and Transport pages also have a high Wind Engineering content.
A.D. Quinn, C.J. Baker, 2010, Spatial and temporal correlations of wind speeds, Proceedings of the institution of Civil Engineers. Structures and Buildings 163, 65-72
C.J. Baker, 2010, The calculation of cricket ball trajectories, Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, Proceedings of the IMechE C, 224, 1947-1958, Awarded SAGE prize in 2011 for best paper in Journal in 2010
P. Martinez-Vazquez, C.J. Baker, M. Sterling, A.D. Quinn, P.J. Richards, 2010, Aerodynamic forces on fixed and rotating plates, Wind and Structures, 13, 2 127-144
P. Martinez-Vazquez.M. Sterling, C. J. Baker, A. D. Quinn, P.J. Richards 2011, Autorotation of Square Plates, with Application to Windborne Debris, Wind and Structures, An International Journal 14, 2
S Blenkinsop, Y Zhao, J Quinn, F Berryman, J Thornes, C Baker, H J Fowler, 2012, Downscaling future wind hazard for SE London using the UKCP09 regional climate model ensemble, 53, 141–156
C J Baker, 2013, A unified framework for the prediction of cricket ball trajectories in spin and swing bowling, IMechE Proceedings P – Journal of Sports Engineering, 227, 1 31 – 38
C J Baker, M Sterling, P Berry, 2014, A generalised model of crop lodging, Journal of Theoretical Biology 363, 1–12
C J Baker,2015, Risk analysis of pedestrian and vehicle safety in windy environments, Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 147, 283–290
C J Baker, M Sterling, 2017, Modelling wind fields and debris flight in tornadoes, Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics 168, 312-321
C Baker, M Sterling, 2018, A conceptual model for wind and debris impact loading of structures due to tornadoes, Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics. 175, 283-291
C Baker, M Sterling, 2019, Are Tornado Vortex Generators fit for purpose? Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics 190, 287-292
M. Mohammadi, J. M. Finnan, C. J. Baker and M. Sterling, 2020, The potential impact of climate change on oat lodging in the UK and Republic of Ireland, Advances in Meteorology, 4138469, 16 pp
G. M. D. Joseph, M. Mohammadi, M. Sterling, C. Baker, S. G. Gillmeier, D. Soper, M. Jesson, G. A. Blackburn, J. D. Whyatt, D. Gullick, J. Murray, P. Berry, D. Hartley, J. Finnan (2020) Determination of crop dynamic and aerodynamic parameters for lodging prediction, Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics 202,104169
C Baker, M Sterling, M Jesson (2020) The lodging of crops by tornadoes, Journal of Theoretical Biology 500, 110309
G. Vita, Z. Shu, M. Jesson, A. Quinn, H. Hemida, M. Sterling , C. Baker (2020) On the assessment of pedestrian distress in urban winds, Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics 203, 104200
M Mohammadi, J Finnan, M Sterling, C Baker (2020) A calibrated oat lodging model compared with agronomic measurements, Field Crops Research 255, 107784
Bourriez F, Sterling M, Baker C (2020) Windborne debris trajectories in tornado-like flow field initiated from a low-rise building, Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 206, 104358
C. Paz, E. Suárez, C. Gil, C. Baker (2020) CFD analysis of the aerodynamic effects on the stability of the flight of a quadcopter UAV in the proximity of walls and ground, Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics 206, 104378
P.M. Berry, C.J. Baker, G.A. Blackburn, Y. Miao, D. Hatley, M. Sterling, J.D. Whyatt (2021) “Development and application of a model for calculating the risk of stem and root lodging in maize”, Field Crops Research 108037
R.Heleno, P.A.Montenegro, H.Carvalho, D.Ribeiro, R.Calcada, C.J.Baker (2021) “Influence of the railway vehicle properties in the running safety against crosswinds”, Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics 104732, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2021.104732
M Sterling, S Huo, C Baker (2023) “Using crop fall patterns to provide an insight into thunderstorm downbursts”, Journal of Wind engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics. 238, July 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2023.105431
Dong R, Miao Y, Berry P, Wang X, Yuan F, Kusnierek K, Baker C, Sterling M (2023) “In-season prediction of maize stem lodging risk using an active canopy sensor”, European Journal of Agronomy, 151, 126956 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2023.126956
Wind Engineering and Dispersion theses
Note that a number of the theses on the Train Aerodynamics and Transport pages also have a high Wind Engineering contents
S. Jordan (2004) An investigation of the slipstreams and wakes of trains and the associated effects on trackside people and objects, University of Birmingham
A. McConville (2008) The physical simulation of thunderstorm downbursts, University of Birmingham
F Bourriez (2020) Tornadoes and wind borne debris; An experimental and numerical approach, University of Birmingham
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