Events

Second Online Training - 2-3 December 2020

Second Online training on "Atmospheric Boundary Layer flows, with several lectures on the application of CFD to wind engineering, LES of ABL flows, atmospheric acoustic propagation and soundscaping, and measurements of ABL wind and turbulence data"

First Online Training - 1 - 2 July 2020

First Online training on "Fundamentals of fluid mechanics, acoustics and structural dynamics" organized by TU Delft. Contact:Daniele Ragni (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Training #1 of zEPHYR is being organized by TUDelft, covering some fundamentals aspects of fluid mechanics, acoustics and structural dynamics that are most relevant to the project.

 

Training #1, Day 1: Fundamentals – Wednesday 1st of July (ESRs, Beneficiaries)

Schedule
Title
Presenter 
 
08:30 – 10:30
Basic of Turbulence
RANS derivation
Log-law
Davide Modesti (TUD)
 
10:45 – 12:45
Introduction to linear acoustics
Near- and far-field, acoustic compactness, acoustic energy
Green’s functions
Lighthill’s analogy and Lighthill/Curle integral solutions
Christophe Schram (VKI)
 
14:00 – 16:00
Material & Manufacturing
Design & Structural analysis
Structural Integrity & Certification
Dimitrios Zarouchas (TUD)
 

Training #1, Day 2: Applications – Thursday 2nd of July (ESRs, Beneficiaries)

Schedule
Title
Presenter 
 
10:00 – 12:00
Amiet’s model for airfoil self-noise
Ffowcs Williams and Hawkings analogy
Daniele Ragni (TUD)
 
13:30 – 15:30
A low fidelity approach for tonal and broadband noise
Recent findings on wind turbine noise: effect of duct and angle of attack
Francesco Avallone (TUD)
 
15:30 – 17:00
Feedback from 1st Training, miscellaneous
 
 

ESR-KOM, Day 2 – Tuesday 30th of June (ESRs, Beneficiaries and Partners)

Schedule
Title
9:00 – 9:45
T5.1: Benchmark - Large onshore Wind Turbine , S. Oerlemans (SGRE)
9:45 – 10:30
T5.2: Benchmark – Complex terrain wind farm , S. Buckingham (VKI)
10:45 – 11:30
T5.3: Benchmark – Urban canopy, A. Ianakiev (NTU)
11:30 – 12:45
Open discussion All

SR-KOM, Day 1 – Monday 29th of June (ESRs, Beneficiaries and Partners)

Schedule
Title
9:00 – 9:30
General introduction of the participants
9:30 – 10:00
Project overview, S. Buckingham (VKI)
10:15 – 12:00
ESR presentations: ESR 1 to 8
12:00 – 13:15
Lunch Break
13:15 – 15:00
ESR presentations: ESR 9 to 16
15:15 – 16:30
Management and election of representatives, S. Buckingham (VKI)
16:30 – 17:15
Training, secondments and related financial aspects, S. Buckingham (VKI)

 

Kick-Off Meeting - 18 November 2020 (@VKI)

On November 18th, 2019, all the partners and beneficiaries of the project ZEPHYR met at the von Karman Institute for the kick-off meeting.

zEPHYR parntners and beneficiaries