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2896
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Overview

Horia Hangan is affiliated with the University of Western Ontario in Canada and specializes in multiple intersecting fields including Engineering, Environmental Science, and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research outputs reflect a concentration on Environmental Engineering, Atmospheric Science, and Computational Mechanics, with additional work in Aerospace Engineering and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's core research areas cover a range of topics centered on wind and air flow studies, meteorological phenomena and simulations, and fluid dynamics and turbulent flows. They also investigate icing and de-icing technologies, fluid dynamics and vibration analysis, tropical and extratropical cyclones research, and aerodynamics combined with fluid dynamics research.

Horia Hangan has published extensively in several academic venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics
  • Journal of Fluids and Structures
  • Atmosphere
  • Physics of Fluids
  • Wind energy science

Their recent papers illustrate a focus on atmospheric and wind engineering challenges, including combined environmental hazards on infrastructure and experimental fluid flow studies. Recent publications include:

  • Combined effects of wind and atmospheric icing on overhead transmission lines, 2020, Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics
  • Experimental investigation of the interaction between near-surface atmospheric boundary layer winds and downburst outflows, 2020, Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics
  • Joint wind and ice hazard for transmission lines in mountainous terrain, 2022, Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics
  • Experimental investigation of large-scale tornado-like vortices, 2020, Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics
  • Downburst-like experimental impinging jet measurements at the WindEEE Dome, 2022, Scientific Data

Collaborative work with frequent co-authors reveals important partnerships involving:

  • Djordje Romanić
  • Federico Canepa
  • Massimiliano Burlando
  • Mateus Carvalho
  • Martin Agelin-Chaab

Best Publications

  • Numerical simulations of impinging jets with application to downbursts

    Jongdae Kim;Horia Hangan

  • A forensic study of the Lubbock-Reese downdraft of 2002

    J. D. Holmes;H. M. Hangan;J. L. Schroeder;C. W. Letchford

  • Numerical simulation of wind effects on a stand-alone ground mounted photovoltaic (PV) system

    Chowdhury Mohammad Jubayer;Horia Hangan

  • Experimental investigation of wind effects on a standalone photovoltaic (PV) module

    Ayodeji Abiola-Ogedengbe;Horia Hangan;Kamran Siddiqui

  • A numerical approach to the investigation of wind loading on an array of ground mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) panels

    Chowdhury Mohammad Jubayer;Horia Hangan

  • Scale, boundary and inlet condition effects on impinging jets

    Zhuyun Xu;Horia Hangan

  • Characterization of tornado-like flow fields in a new model scale wind testing chamber

    Maryam Refan;Horia Hangan

  • Reproducing tornadoes in laboratory using proper scaling

    Maryam Refan;Horia Hangan;Joshua Wurman

  • Large eddy simulations of translation and surface roughness effects on tornado-like vortices

    Diwakar Natarajan;Horia Hangan

  • Swirl ratio effects on tornado vortices in relation to the Fujita scale

    H. Hangan;J.D. Kim

  • Aero-elastic testing of multi-spanned transmission line subjected to downbursts

    Amal Elawady;Haitham Aboshosha;Ashraf El Damatty;Girma Bitsuamlak

  • Thermal characterization of porous carbon foam—convection in parallel flow

    A.G. Straatman;N.C. Gallego;B.E. Thompson;H. Hangan

  • Experimental investigation of tornado-like vortex dynamics with swirl ratio: The mean and turbulent flow fields

    Pooyan Hashemi Tari;Roi Gurka;Horia Hangan

  • Numerical simulation of wind loading on ground-mounted solar panels at different flow configurations

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  • Wind-driven rain studies. A C-FD-E approach

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  • Wind Loading on Solar Panels at Different Inclination Angles

    Mehrdad Shademan;Horia Hangan

  • Near surface experimental exploration of tornado vortices

    Maryam Refan;Horia Hangan

  • Dynamic characteristics of transmission line conductors and behaviour under turbulent downburst loading

    Mohamed M. Darwish;Ashraf A. El Damatty;Horia Hangan

  • For wind turbines in complex terrain, the devil is in the detail

    Julia Lange;Jakob Mann;Jacob Berg;Dan Parvu

  • Novel techniques in wind engineering

    Horia Hangan;Maryam Refan;Chowdhury Jubayer;Djordje Romanic

  • Wake Control Based on Spanwise Sinusoidal Perturbations

    Adrian Dobre;Horia Hangan;Barry J. Vickery

  • Aerodynamic Performance of a Small Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine

    Maryam Refan;Horia Hangan

  • CFD analysis of convective heat transfer from ground mounted solar panels

    Chowdhury Mohammad Jubayer;Kamran Siddiqui;Horia Hangan

Frequent Co-Authors

Curran Crawford
Curran Crawford University of Victoria
Jakob Mann
Jakob Mann Technical University of Denmark
Giovanni Solari
Giovanni Solari University of Genoa
Robert J. Martinuzzi
Robert J. Martinuzzi University of Calgary
Gregory A. Kopp
Gregory A. Kopp University of Western Ontario
Girma Bitsuamlak
Girma Bitsuamlak University of Western Ontario
Hassan Peerhossaini
Hassan Peerhossaini Université Paris Cité
Partha P. Sarkar
Partha P. Sarkar Iowa State University
Andrew J. Heymsfield
Andrew J. Heymsfield National Center for Atmospheric Research
Ernest K. Yanful
Ernest K. Yanful University of Western Ontario

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