The Eighth Asia-Pacific Conference on Wind Engineering (APCWE-VIII) will be organized by CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre during 10-14 December 2013 at Chennai, India. CSIR-SERC is privileged to host the APCWE-VIII and, is enthusiastic about conducting the same with full dedication to the cause of enhancing the knowledge of wind for the benefit of mankind and environment. CSIR-SERC is a constituent national laboratory of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Government of India, and is making pioneering contributions in the field of advanced structural engineering, including analysis and design of wind-sensitive structures and cyclone disaster mitigation.

The legacy of Asia-Pacific Conference on Wind Engineering starts with the first event held at Roorkee/India, moving on to Beijing/China, Hong Kong/China, Gold Coast/Australia, Tokyo/Japan, Seoul/Korea and Taipei/Taiwan. The APCWE is an international event conducted regularly every four years under the umbrella of the International Association for Wind Engineering (IAWE) and attended by wind engineering researchers and practitioners from around Asia and Pacific regions. The conference provides interaction among the participants which is essential for identifying and conducting need-based and relevant-based R&D and providing cost-effective solutions to challenging and complex industrial problems/environmental problems to meet the requirements of the society. The following user-communities are expected to be benefited from the conference:

About the Conference

• Windengineersandcomputationalfluiddynamicsapplicationengineers

• Engineersinconstructionandpowerplantindustriesandinwindenergysector

• Winddisastermanagementandpolicymakers

• Personnelinvolvedinformulationofguidelinesforcodesofpractice

• Researchersinatmosphericsciencesandapplicationengineers

• Instrumentationtechnologistsforhealthmonitoringoffull-scalestructures

The following are the expected outcome/output from the event:• Recommendationsoftheconferencewillbedisseminatedtoresearchersandengineersinthe

areaofWindEngineeringthroughrelevantorganizationssuchasInternationalAssociationforWindEngineering,IndianSocietyforWindEngineering,BureauofIndianStandards,NationalDisasterManagementAuthority,IndianMeteorologicalDepartment,CentreforWindEnergyTechnology,Construction/PowerPlantIndustriesandAcademicInstitutions

• Further,APCWE-VIIIprovidesasingleplatformforenhancinginteractionamonginternationalexpertsbymeansofexchangeofviewsandexperienceswhichwillbeutilisedforinternationalcollaborations

• Proceedings-volume containing manuscripts of keynote/invited lectures, along with peer-reviewed4-pageextendedabstracts,willbebroughtout

• Proceedingsoffull-lengthpaperswillbeissuedinelectronicform

• Peer-selectedpapersfromtheproceedingswillbepublishedinJournalofWindandEngineering(ISWEpublication)andJournalofStructuralEngineering(JOSE),(CSIR-SERCpublication)

12Keynoteand4 Invitedpaperswillbepresented inPlenarySessions. About160numbersoftechnical papers will be presented in 5 parallel technical sessions, which are grouped under13 themes.Thedetailsofthethemesareavailableinwebsite:http://apcwe8.serc.res.in

Official Language

Plenary / Technical Sessions

Theofficiallanguageoftheconference:ENGLISH

“Development of critical load cases simulating the effect of downbursts and tornados on transmission line structures”-AshrafElDamatty,AhmedHamadaandAmalElawady

“Simplified analytical model for across-wind response of chimneys around critical wind velocity regions” -N.Lakshmanan,G.RameshBabu,DevdasMenonandS.Arunachalam

“Advances in wind tunnel simulation, techniques and tools for assessing extreme-wind hazard to structures” -ParthaP.Sarkar

“Aerodynamics of atypical footbridges” -FlagaAndrzej

“Wind power: the way-forward in India” -S.Gomathinayagam

“Wind loading and response of structures in mixed climates” -GiovanniSolari,PatriziaDe,GaetanoandMariaPiaRepetto

“Cyclone disaster mitigation in cities” -KishorC.Mehta

“Contemporary wind engineering studies in India”-NageshR.Iyer

Speaker: Prof. Ashraf El Damatty, Canada

Speaker: Dr. N. Lakshmanan, India

Speaker: Prof. Partha P. Sarkar, USA

Speaker: Prof. Flaga Andrzej, Poland

Speaker: Dr. S. Gomathinayagam, India

Speaker: Prof. Giovanni Solari, Italy

Speaker: Prof. Kishor C. Mehta, USA

Speaker: Prof. Nagesh R. Iyer, India

Keynote Presentations

“Full-scale wind engineering measurements in New Zealand” -RichardG.J.Flay,PaulCarpenter,MikeRevell,PeterCenek,RichardTurnerandAndrewKing

“Advanced physical and numerical modeling of Atmospheric Boundary Layer and their applications” -Prof.ShuyangCao(China)

“Cyclone disaster mitigation efforts by CSIR-SERC towards engineering of non-engineered and semi-engineered dwellings” -P.Harikrishna,NageshR.Iyer,S.SelviRajan

“The fundamentals of building internal pressure dynamics induced through a dominant opening” -RajnishNSharma

“Aerodynamic and response characteristics of super-tall buildings with various configurations” -YukioTamura,Y.C.Kim,H.Tanaka,E.K.Bandi,A.YoshidaandK.Ohtake

“Design of cyclone shelters based on wind tunnel studies”-S.SelviRajan(India)

“Gust wind speeds for design of structures” -JohnGinger,JohnHolmesandBruceHarper

“Performance of light-frame structures subject to extreme wind loads”-Vijaya(VJ)Gopu

Speaker: Prof. Richard G.J. Flay, New Zealand

Speaker: Prof. Shuyang Cao, China

Speaker: Dr. P. Harikrishna, India

Speaker: Prof. Rajnish N Sharma, New Zealand

Speaker: Prof. Yukio Tamura, Japan

Speaker: Dr. S. Selvi Rajan, India

Speaker: Dr. John Ginger, Australia

Speaker: Prof. Vijaya (VJ) Gopu, USA

Invited Presentations

A Abraham, CSIR-SERCAchal Mittal, ISWE/CBRI Antony Jeyasehar, Annamalai University P Chellapandi, IGCARDevdas Menon, IIT Madras D V Giri, IWTMA P Harikrishna, CSIR-SERCK Jaisankar, UltraTech K P Jaya, Anna University Kamal Poddar, IIT Kanpur S Arunachalam, JALT S Krishnamoorthy, CSIR-SERC Lakshmy Parameswaran, CSIR-CRRI

S S Mani, BHELK Muthumani, CSIR-SERCG S Palani, CSIR-SERCP Paramasivam K M Parammasivam, MITR Radhakrishnan, ICIY E A Raj, IMDJ Rajasankar, CSIR-SERCG Ramesh Babu, CSIR-SERCS Selvi Rajan, CSIR-SERCB Sivarama Sarma, L&T ConstructionS Thiagarajan, Fichtner U S P Verma, NPCIL

Acir M Loredo-Souza, BrazilAhsan Kareem, USAAlpa Sheth, IndiaS K Bhattacharyya, IndiaChang-Koon Choi, KoreaChii-Ming Cheng, TaiwanChris Letchford, USAChris P W Geurts, NetherlandsClaudio Borri, ItalyDorothy A Reed, USAT K Datta, IndiaEmil Simiu, USAAndrzej Flaga, PolandGautam Biswas, IndiaGiovanni Solari, ItalyHamid Yaghoubi, IranJohn D Holmes, AustraliaKenny C S Kwok, AustraliaN Lakshmanan, IndiaLeighton Cochran, USAMark Sterling, UK

Masaru Matsumoto, JapanKishor C Mehta, USAMichael Kasperski, GermanyMing Gu, ChinaNagesh R Iyer, IndiaR N Nayak, IndiaH J Niemann, GermanyR Panneer Selvam, USAPartha Sarkar, USAPeter C King, CanadaP D Porey, IndiaPrem Krishna, IndiaRichard Flay, New ZealandRudiger Hoffer, GermanySergey Georgirvich Kuznetsov, UkraineP Seshu, IndiaShuyang Cao, ChinaTed Stathopoulos, CanadaWilliam H Melbourne, AustraliaYaujun Ge, ChinaYukio Tamura, Japan

Patron:Prof. Samir K Brahmachari,Director General, CSIR & Secretary, DSIR

International Scientific Advisory Board

Local Organizing CommitteeNagesh R Iyer, Chairman

S Gomathinayagam, Co-Chairman

K Ravisankar, Technical Secretary

C Jeyabal, Administrative Secretary

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AccompanyingPerson* US$150

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ISWEMember `6,000

Full-timeStudent `2,000

AccompanyingPerson* `4,000

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