Scientists, academics, technologists, architects and engineers from around the world will assemble at the Fifth International Symposium on Computational Wind Engineering (CWE2010) in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA, May 23-27, 2010. CWE2010 will include technical sessions with presentations and discussions on all topics related to computational wind-engineering development and application.

This symposium seeks to facilitate the exchange of the latest scientific and technical information in the field of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), particularly in its application to wind engineering. It is a multi-disciplinary matter concerning multifold topics. Computational Wind Engineering (CWE) is more than CFD modeling.  CWE2010 includes topics with field and wind tunnel measurements supporting CWE model development and evaluation.

The First International Symposium on Computational Wind Engineering (CWE1992) was held in Tokyo, Japan. It was initiated by the Japan Association of Wind Engineers to activate and promote research on CFD technology and to develop research fields using CFD in wind engineering. CWE1992 was followed by CWE1996 in Fort Collins, USA, CWE2000 in Birmingham, England, and CWE2006 in Yokohama, Japan.

Abstracts and papers from these symposia may be found at:

• Murakami, S., Editor, Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Computational Wind Engineering (CWE 92), Tokyo, Japan, August 21-23, 1992. Also in Computational Wind Engineering 1 (Editor S. Murakami), Elsevier, Amsterdam, (October 1993), 910 pp. (Available on Amazon.ca at CDN$589.74)
• Meroney, R.N., and Bienkiewicz, Editors, Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Computational Wind Engineering (CWE96), Colorado State University, Fort Collins, August 4-8, 1996. Also in Computational Wind Engineering 2 (Editors R.N. Meroney and B. Bienkiewicz), Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1997, 950 pages. (Available on Amazon at $445)
• C. Baker, Editor, Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Computational Wind Engineering (CWE2000), University of Birmingham, UK 4-7 September 2000
• Tamura, Y., Editor, Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Computational Wind Engineering (CWE2006), Yokohama, Japan, 16-19 July 2006. Proceedings contained four-page extended abstracts. Also selected expanded papers in JWEIA. Volume 96, Issues 10-11, October-November 2008, Pages 1449-1450, Elsevier

These symposia have become important events convened by the International Association of Wind Engineering and continue in order to provide a platform for discussing and exchanging the latest information associated with the application of CFD to wind engineering problems. There have been tremendous advances in computing hardware and software supporting CFD technology since the last CWE was held in 2006. IAWE co-convenes the Computational Wind Engineering (CWE) conference every four years in rotation with one of its three global regional organizations. The American Association for Wind Engineering will co-convene the 2010 event.

Each international symposium on CWE has reflected the significant advances in computational wind engineering science relative to advances in computing software and hardware.

The theme for CWE2010 is CWE Applications for Homeland and Societal Security including natural and human-caused hazards and disasters. There is also special interest in the application of CWE to support the selection of optimum sites for wind energy systems within both rural and urban environments.  A special session is being planned on the integration of multiscale CWE models with endpoints for human health, property effects, and wind energy.

Plenary sessions are being planned to include: