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Have we reached the limit of what is possible in sports and building design? The answer is unequivocally "NO." This course covers the fundamentals of bluff body aerodynamics, wind tunnel testing, and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations as they apply to sports and building aerodynamics. It is aimed at anyone with a strong interest in these subjects. Urban physics, wind engineering, and sports aerodynamics are among the key areas addressed.
Syllabus :
1. Introduction movies & Basic aspects of fluid flow
- Advertisement movie
- Introduction mov
- 1.1: Fluid properties - Part 1
- 1.2: Fluid properties - Part 2
- 1.3: Fluid properties - Part 3
- 1.4: Flow properties - Part 1
- 1.5: Flow properties - Part 2
- 1.6: Fluid statics, kinematics, dynamics
- 1.7: Boundary layers - Part 1
- 1.8: Boundary layers - Part 2
- 1.9: Boundary layers - Part 3
- 1.10: The atmospheric boundary layer
2. Wind-tunnel testing
- 2.1: Why wind-tunnel testing?
- 2.2: Wind-tunnel types and applications
- 2.3: The atmospheric boundary layer wind tunnel
- 2.4: Wind-tunnel components
- 2.5: Measurements and flow visualisation
- 2.6: Similarity and flow quality
- 2.7: Best practice guidelines
3. Computational Fluid Dynamics
- 3.1: What, why and how?
- 3.2: Approximate forms of the Navier-Stokes equations
- 3.3: Turbulence modeling
- 3.4: Some aspects of discretization
- 3.5: Near-wall modeling
- 3.6: Errors and uncertainty, verification and validation
- 3.7: Best practice guidelines
- 3.8: Computational Wind Engineering - part 1
- 3.9: Computational Wind Engineering - part 2
4. Building aerodynamics
- 4.1: Wind flow around buildings - part 1
- 4.2: Wind flow around buildings - part 2
- 4.3: Pedestrian-level wind conditions around buildings - part 1
- 4.4: Pedestrian-level wind conditions around buildings - part 2
- 4.5: Pedestrian-level wind conditions around buildings - part 3
- 4.6: Natural ventilation of buildings
- 4.7: Wind-driven rain on building facades - part 1
- 4.8: Wind-driven rain on building facades - part 2
- 4.9: Wind energy in the built environment - part 1
- 4.10: Wind energy in the built environment - part 2
5. 100 m sprint aerodynamics
- 5.1: Why study sprint aerodynamics?
- 5.2: Mathematical-physical model of running
- 5.3: Wind effects
- 5.4: Altitude effects
- 5.5: Stadium aerodynamics and sprint records
- 5.6: Interview with a professional athletics coach
6. Cycling aerodynamics
- 6.1: Why study cycling aerodynamics?
- 6.2: Wind-tunnel testing for a single cyclist - part 1
- 6.3: Wind-tunnel testing for a single cyclist - part 2
- 6.4: CFD simulations for a single cyclist
- 6.5: Aerodynamics of two drafting cyclists
- 6.6: Aerodynamics of drafting cyclist groups
- 6.7: Aerodynamics of car-cyclist combinations
- 6.8: Interview with two professional cycling coaches
- Short movie with bloopers
7. Final quiz
- The final quiz contains questions covering all 6 weeks. The minimum score to pass the course is 80%. 3 attempts can be taken. Partial feedback (correct / incorrect) will be given after every attempt. Points for multiple-choice questions with multiple correct answers are only obtained when all correct answers are labeled as such by the student.
8. Peer-graded assignment
- The peer-graded assignment includes the critical review of a scientific article based on the knowledge gained throughout the MOOC. The review consists of three parts: (1) performing a detailed study of the article; (2) providing a detailed answer to a set of specific questions; (3) grading at least 5 assignments of colleague students / peers.
