Understanding the relationship between structural failure and fatalities in Tornadoes: A quantitative investigation of the 2021 Midwest Tornado Outbreak
September 2025
During 1950-2011, the number of fatalities caused by tornadoes in the U.S. significantly exceeded the fatalities caused by both hurricanes and earthquakes. To reduce tornado induced fatalities, it is...
Artificial intelligence for wind speed forecasting: A review on multi-scale decomposition and intelligent fusion strategies
June 2025
Accurate and reliable short-term wind speed forecasting is essential for the effective utilization and scientific dispatch of wind energy. In recent years, with the rapid development of Artificial Intelligence...
Machine learning for bridge wind engineering
September 2024
Modeling and control are primary domains in bridge wind engineering. The natural wind field characteristics (e.g., non-stationary, non-uniform, spatial-temporal changing characteristics) and the wind-bridge...
Research on aerodynamic drag reduction for 400 km/h high-speed trains
June 2025
To improve the transportation efficiency, the trains are designed for higher operational speed. When the train speed increases, its aerodynamic drag grows dramatically and the operational energy consumption...
Application of fractal analysis on wind speed time series: A review
March 2025
Wind speed time series are characterized by complex, non-linear, and irregular patterns, which challenge traditional statistical methods in capturing their dynamics. Fractal analysis, with its focus...
State-of-the-art review on typhoon wind environments and their effects on long-span bridges
September 2024
After more than 40 years of economic reforms, the Chinese economy has rapidly developed, and large populations and wealth have been concentrated around the southeastern Chinese coastline where, unfortunately,...
Vortex-induced vibration control of bridge decks using energy dissipative devices: A review of recent developments
September 2025
This paper presents a comprehensive and up-to-date review of energy dissipative devices for controlling vortex-induced vibrations (VIV) in bridge decks, covering passive, active, and semi-active control...
Roughness constant selection for atmospheric boundary layer simulations using a k-ω SST turbulence model within a commercial CFD solver
September 2024
Transit of an atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) profile within computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations is often hindered through unintended streamwise gradients in the flow resulting in ABL inhomogeneity....
Mitigating wind loads on PV panels via Savonius turbines: A numerical investigation
September 2025
Photovoltaic (PV) panels are highly susceptible to damage under high wind loads. Research on effective measures to mitigate wind loads on PV panels remains limited. Conventional methods typically employ...
Vortex characteristics of a large-scale Ward-type tornado simulator at Central South University
March 2025
Recently, a new large-scale Ward-type tornado simulator has been built at Central South University, CSU-TW5. Three-dimensional (3-D) velocity and surface pressure on the ground were measured to investigate...
Validating debris flight model in highly turbulent boundary layer flows using wind tunnel testing
September 2025
Windborne debris impact can cause building envelope damage during windstorms, and hence it is crucial to study debris flight behavior in turbulent wind fields for improving building resilience in urban...
Structural vibration characteristics of offshore wind turbines under tropical cyclones
December 2025
Offshore wind turbines (OWTs) promise the exploitation of abundant Aeolian resources in marine regions but are prone to natural hazards, e.g., tropical cyclones. With the growing development of OWTs...
Recent developments in the wind resistance of railway bridges in China
December 2024
In the past 30 years, the wind resistance of railway bridges has undergone great success with the efforts from the whole research community under the rapid developments of high-speed railways in China....
Post-disaster investigations of damage feature of buildings and structures due to several local strong winds in China during 2021–2024
December 2024
Local strong winds such as tornadoes and downbursts are rare in terms of measured wind speed data due to their rapid formation and strong destructive power. Post-disaster investigations have become...
Study on liquid film dynamics and aerodynamic characteristics of train-bridge system under wind-rain interaction effects using Eulerian-Lagrangian approach
December 2025
This study investigated liquid film dynamics and aerodynamic performances of a high-speed train on bridges in rainy conditions using Eulerian-Lagrangian approach. The effects of rainfall intensity and...
Wind tunnel tests of autorotation of plate: The effects of tilt angle, chamfer form, and mass eccentricity
September 2025
Windborne debris is one of the main factors that damage building structures in typhoon-prone areas, and plate-type debris is more common and concerning. Wind tunnel tests were conducted to study the...
Impact of loose-laid gravel on the pressure distribution over a flat roof
September 2025
A series of large-scale wind tunnel tests were conducted to quantify the impact of loose-laid gravel on the pressure distribution over a flat roof. Measurements were presented for the pressure distribution...
Study of rectangular 5:1 cylinder vortex-induced vibration based on the mode decomposition method
September 2025
Vortex-induced vibration (VIV) is a complicated fluid-solid coupling phenomenon. VIV of rectangular section has attracted considerable investigation because its aerodynamic properties provide useful...
The impact of climate change on typhoon-induced dynamic response of transmission tower-line system: A case study in Hong Kong
December 2025
The impact of typhoon wind loads on electric transmission networks is becoming increasingly significant, often leading to the failure of overhead transmission tower-line systems. This study aims to...
3D LES numerical investigation of vertical vortex-induced vibrations of a 4:1 rectangular cylinder
September 2024
The aerodynamic characteristics of rectangular cylinders provide valuable references for many engineering structures. Aiming to investigate the characteristics of vortex-induced vibration (VIV) of this...
Measurements of shear stress distribution over a flat roof as a function of parapet height, wind direction, and roof roughness
September 2025
A series of first-of-their-kind large-scale wind tunnel tests was conducted to measure the surface shear stress distribution on a flat roof of a square-plan building. Data were collected for a broad...
Development and application of a tornado database for the Chinese mainland
December 2024
This study develops a preliminary tornado database for the Chinese mainland using information provided by the Yearbook of Meteorological Disasters in China (YMDC) from 2003 to 2019 and other public...
Inter-farm wake effect on layout optimization: Case study of standardized two-phase wind farms
December 2024
Due to the limited availability of suitable sites, wind farms are now being constructed closer to each other or in phases, highlighting the importance of understanding the wake effects between adjacent...
Optimizing post-hurricane recovery of interdependent infrastructure systems via knowledge-enhanced deep reinforcement learning
March 2025
The swift restoration of infrastructure systems damaged by hurricane hazards (e.g., strong winds, heavy rainfall, and high surges/waves) hinges on efficiently managing the limited resources for different...
A large eddy simulation method for atmospheric boundary layer inflow turbulence using porous media model
June 2025
Accurate simulation of the incident wind field, including mean wind speed and turbulence intensity, is a critical aspect of predicting wind loads on buildings using large eddy simulation (LES). Existing...