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Researcher
Bert Blocken
- Disciplines:Structural engineering, Other civil and building engineering
Affiliations
- Building Physics and Sustainable Design (Division)
Member
From1 Aug 2020 → Today - Building Physics Section (Division)
Member
From1 Oct 2003 → 31 Jul 2020 - Department of Civil Engineering (Department)
Member
From1 Oct 1999 → 31 Dec 2008
Projects
1 - 8 of 8
- CFD environmental pollutant dispersion simulationsFrom25 Jan 2023 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- A tomographic Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) system for velocity measurement in fluid flows.From1 May 2022 → TodayFunding: FWO Medium Size Research Infrastructure
- Analysis and Improvement of Separation Efficiency of Air Curtains in the Built EnvironmentFrom22 Jan 2019 → 22 Jan 2023Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Analysis and improvement of separation efficiency of air curtains in the built environmentFrom1 Jan 2018 → 31 Dec 2021Funding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Adjoint Surface Optimization for Internal and External Aerodynamics Applications by means of OpenFOAMFrom25 Jan 2016 → 4 Dec 2020Funding: FWO Strategic Basic Research Grant
- Numerical and Experimental Study of Various Innovative Jet Mixing Ventilation Concepts for Improved Ventilation EfficiencyFrom26 Oct 2015 → 5 Jul 2022Funding: BOF - Doctoral projects, FWO fellowships
- Computational and experimental analysis of convective heat transfer coefficients at building surfacesFrom1 Oct 2015 → 1 Jan 2020Funding: FWO fellowships
- Modelling of cyclist aerodynamics and heat and moisture transfer for optimal performance and clothingFrom1 Jan 2015 → 8 Sep 2020Funding: IWT personal funding - strategic basic research grants
Publications
41 - 50 of 276
- Aerodynamic benefits for a cyclist by drafting behind a motorcycle(2020)
Authors: Bert Blocken, Fabio Malizia
- Modeling of Wheel Aerodynamics and its Impact on Cycling(2020)
Authors: Fabio Malizia, Bert Blocken, Hamid Montazeri
- CFD simulations of wind flow and mean surface pressure for buildings with balconies: Comparison of RANS and LES (vol 173, 106747, 2020)(2020)
Authors: X Zheng, H Montazeri, Bert Blocken
- Can indoor sports centers be allowed to re-open during the COVID-19 pandemic based on a certificate of equivalence?(2020)
Authors: Bert Blocken
- CFD simulations of an isolated cycling spoked wheel: The impact of wheel/ground contact modeling in crosswind conditions(2020)
Authors: Fabio Malizia, Bert Blocken
Pages: 487 - 495 - A framework for preliminary large-scale urban wind energy potential assessment: Roof-mounted wind turbines(2020)
Authors: Rahim Rezaeiha, Bert Blocken
- Coupled aerostructural shape and topology optimization of horizontal-axis wind turbine rotor blades(2020)
Authors: Twan van Hooff, Bert Blocken
- Bicycle aerodynamics: History, state-of-the-art and future perspectives(2020)
Authors: Fabio Malizia, Bert Blocken
- Minimum momentum flux ratio required to prevent air curtain breakthrough in case of cross-curtain pressure gradients: CFD versus analytical equation(2020)
Authors: Twan van Hooff, Bert Blocken
Pages: 943 - 960 - CFD simulations of wind flow and mean surface pressure for buildings with balconies: Comparison of RANS and LES(2020)
Authors: Bert Blocken