Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue aims to focus on the latest research and applications of the Structural, Architectural, Urban Planning and Meteorological Aspects of Wind Actions. Issues related to the development of knowledge regarding wind engineering are of great significance in terms of wind modeling and the response of structures to wind. These elements contribute to the correct design of objects and structures, and the selection of the optimal shape of houses and infrastructure with regard to the effects of wind. Correct wind modeling influences the proper urban shaping of cities and houses, ensuring wind comfort and, most imprtantly, adequate ventilation, especially in city centers with high levels of pollution. Architects and urban planners can design buildings and their locations to create special natural ventilation zones. The dynamics of climate change and increasing urban development require the revision of regulations and recommendations in the architectural, urban and structural design of facilities and houses. Climate change is starting to cause extreme winds such as tornadoes that have not occurred in certain locations previously. These factors require new insights into wind engineering research and the development of theoretical and numerical models and tests in wind tunnels and in situ. This requires a collaboration between architects, urban planners, structural engineers and meteorologists.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

1. Architectural shaping of objects due to the optimal response of the building to wind;
2. Urban shaping of space due to wind comfort and natural ventilation zones;
3. Extreme winds and their impacts on structures and infrastructures;
4. Modeling of extreme wind and tornadoes;
5. Case studies of extreme winds and outbreaks;
6. Computational fluid dynamics in the scope of air movement;
7. Numerical wind simulations;
8. Wind tunnel simulations;
9. Wind scales, their update and development;
10. Wind comfort;
11. Damages caused by winds;
12. Wind-resistant design of structures;
13. Engineering solutions resistant to winds;
14. Energy from wind;
15. Future of wind turbines technology;
16. Development of onshore and offshore wind turbines;
17. Meteorological aspects of winds.

Prof. Dr. Maciej Dutkiewicz
Guest Editor

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• wind engineering
• wind architectural design and urban planning
• extreme winds
• climate change
• numerical and wind tunnel simulations
• wind scales
• wind comfort
• wind-resistant design of structures, energy from wind, wind turbines development