Railway Aerodynamics

       The main research areas include: aerodynamic shape design and drag/noise reduction of trains, train/tunnel coupled aerodynamic effects, pantograph-catenary aerodynamic interaction, train aerodynamic behavior under wind/sand/rain/snow environmental conditions, flow field optimization and control in passenger compartments, aerodynamic characteristics during train encounters and station passings, aerodynamic loads and stability of high-speed trains, as well as aerodynamic effects on railway bridges and wind barriers.

      Automotive Aerodynamics

       The main research areas include: novel-concept vehicle aerodynamic shape design and drag/noise reduction, interior cabin flow field optimization and control, external flow characteristics and aerodynamic drag mechanisms, aerodynamic lift and lateral force stability control, underbody and wheel wake flow optimization design, engine bay thermal management and cooling system flow, aerodynamic noise and wind buffeting suppression techniques, as well as high-speed driving aerodynamic stability analysis.

       Intelligent Aerodynamics 

       The main research areas include: flow field prediction, transition/turbulence modeling, multi-source data fusion, aerodynamic force/heat modeling, flow field feature extraction, flow stability analysis, unsteady flow studies, flow-induced noise prediction, aeroelastic analysis, and multi-scale flow simulation.

      Structural Wind Engineering

       The main contents include: boundary layer characteristics and wind environment, bluff body aerodynamics, wind resistance of high-rise and towering structures, wind resistance of long-span spatial and suspended structures, wind resistance of low-rise buildings, wind resistance of long-span bridges, wind resistance of special structures, computational wind engineering methods and applications, wind tunnel and experimental techniques, structural wind-resistant design standards, wind disaster risk analysis and assessment of structures, and wind-vehicle-bridge coupled vibrations.

      Environmental Wind Engineering

       The main contents include: natural wind hazard mitigation, atmospheric pollution control, urban microclimate simulation, local micro-environment simulation of urban agglomerations, aerodynamic noise generation mechanisms and suppression for trains, aerodynamic noise prediction and assessment for trains, aerodynamic noise simulation techniques for trains, train noise source identification and spectral separation, vehicle exterior aerodynamic noise, and building exterior aerodynamic noise.

      Wind Energy Resource Development and Utilization

       The main contents include: wind speed prediction, wind power forecasting, onshore and offshore wind farm resource assessment, wind turbine optimization design, wind power transmission systems, wind turbine blades and materials, wind power prediction, and wind farm optimization design.

      Meteorological Engineering

       The main contents include: atmospheric boundary layer characteristics and microclimate, mechanisms of extreme meteorological phenomena, building meteorological environment and wind loads, transportation meteorological safety and impacts, energy meteorology and renewable energy optimization, hydrometeorology and urban flood prevention, computational meteorological engineering and numerical simulation, meteorological observation and experimental techniques, engineering meteorological standards and specifications, and meteorological disaster risk assessment and management.