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Wind Sustainability
and ResilienceHoria Hangan
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Wind Research @ Western
1960-2012 : 5 decades of wind
engineering research and cons
200+ graduate students 1500+ projects world-wide
3M$ Budget
tallest buildings and longest
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The WindEEE Dome
30 M$ Canadian Investm
Worlds first 3D wind cha
Produces any type of win
Large scale 25 meters in d
Capable of testing city blo
farms, transmission lines
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WindEEE : Conceptual Design
straight/sheared flow tornado flow downb
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WindEEE : Engineering Design
Active topographic 1.5 MW of fan powe
5 m lift and turntab
106 individually con
1600 floor roughnes
5 m diameter storm
2 m/s wind storm tr
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WindEEE : Project Timeline
CFI funded 30 M$: April 20
Design completed: Decem
WindEEE Research Institut
Construction start : Septem
Research ready : Septemb
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Western : New Research Park
A joint venture betw
Western
Fanshawe Co
City of Londo
The Advanced Manufacturing Park : 25 acres of develo
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WindEEE : National Research Facility
Wind Energy Strategic Netw
16 Universities (8 pr
39 Leading research
Numerous industria
Training of over 150
Complete numerica
and laboratory capa
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Sustainability Indicators
Economic Indicators
Growth, Employment, Exp
Environmental Indicat
Global: Climate, Energy an
Local: Air Quality, Mobility
Social Indicators
Justice, Safety, Citizens, Gr
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Urban Wind Sustainability
Complex Environment
Need for Resource Assessm
Urban Wind Turbines
Robust and Agile
Integration
Wind, Solar, Geothermal: S
SOM for Guangdong Tobacco Company
DOE sponsored Reno City tests
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Sustainability: PanAm Games Village Toront
PanAm Games: S- Preliminary Wind
- Numerical Simula
- Wind Energy Pote
- Wind Energy Extr
- Need for NEW Ur
- Need for Smart W
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Wind Rose (Annual)
Sustainability: Wind Atlas and Wind Resour
Wind Resources: CFD Simulati
Preliminary Numerica
Based on Wind Atlas AnnSpeed and Direction
d l bl d d d
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Available Wind Power
(as % of Building Power Needs)
Calculations are based on annual averages for
residential and commercial spaces
(US Energy Information Administration)
WindEEE: Available and Extracted Wind Pow
Wind Power Extra
with Present Vertical Axis
Calculations are based on an
Vertical Axis Wind Turbin
(One VAWT per hot-spot
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Nominal power: 30
Rotor: D=10m; H= 8
Cut-in Speed: 4m/s
Cut-out Speed: 20m
Wind Max. Power a The Wind and the T
are uncoupled !
Need for NOVEL W
Urban Environment
Sustainability: Best selected wind turbine
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i bili d l
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Sustainability: Rio de Janeiro Olympics - 20
Rio Olympics: Su- Passive Wind and S
- Building Skin Integ- Urban Block Integr
in collaboration with Universidad Federal de
Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
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Wind Resilience
New Local Storms
Tornados, Downbursts
> 65% of wind damage in C
Damage mechanisms
Roofs and Cladding
Community Resilience
Hospitals, Transmission no
Wi d R ili Th P bl
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Wind Resilience: The Problem
Conventional Framing: Sheets (1994)
Minimize f (Life Loss, Property Loss)
Refraiming: Pielke (1997)
Minimize Vulnerability
Vulnerability = f (Incidence, Exposure)
Incidence = f (Intensity, Occurrence, Frequency)
Wi d R ili I id
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Wind Resilience: Incidence
Occurrence
Hurricanes:
Tornados:
Tornado Alley
Dixie Alley
Wind Resilience: Non Synoptic Winds
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TORNADO
Wind Resilience: Non-Synoptic Winds
Wi d R ili D EF3
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Wind Resilience: Damage EF3
EF3 damage to farmstead, 183 m wideSource: National Weather Service
Wi d R ili D EF5
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Wind Resilience: Damage EF5
EF5 damage to Joplin Hospital, 183 m widSource: Wikipedia
CONCLUSIONS
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CONCLUSIONS
Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure
Sustainability: move from retrofit to integr
Resilience: move from disaster to event im
Move the concept of S@R building envelope
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