ETH Risk Centre Webinar: Heat and fluid flow in street canyons

Webinar abstract
Street canyons are a ubiquitous element of urban landscapes, and understanding the flow behaviors around them, particularly the buoyant flow in an urban heat island environment, is a fundamental and critical aspect of research. We performed simultaneous Particle Image Velocimetry/ Laser Induced Fluorescence (PIV / LIF) measurements in a large closed-circuit water tunnel to understand the heat and fluid flow in street canyons with different configurations.

Speaker:
Dr Yunpeng Xue is currently working on the Climate Resilience in High-Density Cities of Future Resilient Systems with a particular focus on flow behaviour in the urban areas. He uses both experimental and numerical methods to observe flow characteristics and their impacts on climate resilience.

Yunpeng has had extensive experience in fluid mechanics, such as vortex flow, two-phase flow, and boundary layers. Prior to joining SEC (Singapore ETH Centre), has worked in several universities and organizations (University of Adelaide, University of Tasmania and Heriot-Watt University) focused on fundamental fluid mechanics.

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