LB Wind 2026

Program

Session 1:  Atmospheric flows

Lattice Boltzmann Simulation of Atmospheric Flow over a Heterogeneous Forest for Wind Energy Applications
J. Bastin et al. (Uppsala University and OX2, Sweden)

A Coupled WRF–LBM Framework for Diurnal ABL Simulation: GABLS3 Validation
Z. Qin (Uppsala University, Sweden)

Revisiting the linear stability analysis of the lattice Boltzmann method for advection-diffusion problems
A. Suss (ONERA, France)

An adaptive lattice Boltzmann framework for large eddy simulation of turbulent dispersion flows over rough surfaces
R. Deiterding and D. Kashyap (Southampton University, UK)

Session 2:  Rotor modelling 

Compressible Wall-Modeled Large Eddy Simulation of Wind Turbines Using Homogenized Lattice Boltzmann Methods in OpenLB
F. Bukreev et al. (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)

Comparison of an actuator line model and an actuator cylinder model for the simulation of a tidal turbine
M. Grondeau et al. (LUSAC, France)

LBM-OpenFAST Coupling with Filtered Lifting Line Correction and Bayesian Polar Calibration
R. Cockcroft and B. Thornber (Queen’s University Belfast, Ireland)

The Partially Saturated Cells Method for Complex Moving Domains in Turbulent Flows
P. Suffa (FAU Erlangen, Germany)

Session 3:  Wind farm flows 

A Lattice Boltzmann Model for Large-Eddy Simulation of Wind Farm Flows and Turbine Wakes
G. Evensen (NORCE Reasearch, Norway)

CLBM simulations of model-scale wind turbine wakes: Towards getting the dissipation right
D. Sukhman (HVL Bergen, Norway)

CFD-LES Simulation of Offshore Wind Farms using the Lattice Boltzmann Method
D.L. Hermida et al. (Uppsala University and Vattenfall and Nordex Energy SE, Sweden)

Session 4:  Performance 

Rotors, Wakes, and Wind Farms: Large-Scale Platform-Transparent Simulations in OpenLB
A. Kummerländer (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and Liverpool University, Germany)

Performance and coupling comparison of VirtualFluids-HAWC2 and EllipSys3D-HAWC2 aeroelastic couplings for the IEA 22 MW reference turbine
N. Horneff et al. (Uppsala University, Denmark)

Session 5:  Optimization and control 

Assessing Wake Penalties in Large-Scale Floating Offshore Wind Zones: Bridging Macro-Level Layout Optimization with High-Fidelity LBM Needs
C. Erkol (Uppsala University, Sweden)

Applications of waLBerla-wind for wind farm control and estimation
D. Collet et al. (IFPEN, France)