American Journal of Fluid Dynamics

American Journal of Fluid Dynamics is an open access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles, critical reviews, research notes, debate and short reports in all areas of Fluid Dynamics.

p-ISSN: 2168-4707
e-ISSN: 2168-4715
Website: http://journal.sapub.org/ajfd

Yu Fat Lun

Editorial Board Member of American Journal of Fluid Dynamics

Research Scientist, Wind Engineering Research Center, Japan

Research Areas

CFD Applications, Urban Environment, Sustainable Environment, Building Energy Simulation

Education

2000-2003	PhD	Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, Cmputational Wind Engineering (CWE)
1987-1995		University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK
1991-1995	MPhil	Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
1987-1991	BEng	in Aeronautical Engineering

Experience

2009-present	Research Scientist Wind Engineering Research Centre, Atsugi, Japan
2006-2009	Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
2008-2009	Position: Assistant Professor
2006-2008	Position: Researcher, Development of numerical simulation model of desiccant cooling and solar thermal system
2005-2006	Toyohashi University of Technology, Toyohashi, Japan
2003-2005	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong
2000-2003	Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
1996-1999	University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
1990-1995	Computational Fluid Dynamics Group, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK
1990	British Aerospace Commercial Aircraft Limited, Hatfield, United Kingdom
1989	Training Officer, Chromalloy UK Limited, Hatfield, United Kingdom

Academic Achievement

Best Paper Award of the International Journal of Asian Architecture & Building Engineering in 2007

Membership

Member, the Architectural Institute of Japan (AIJ)

Assoc. member, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), UK

Assoc. member, the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAe), UK

Publications: Journals

[1]	Akashi Mochida; Satoru Iizuka; YoshihideTominaga, IsaacYu-Fat Lun (2011) 'Up-scaling CWE models to include mesoscale meteorological influences', Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, Vol. 99, pp.187-198
[2]	Masaaki Ohba and Isaac Lun (2010) 'Overview of natural cross-ventilation studies and the latest simulation design tools used in building ventilation-related research' Advances in Building Energy Research, Vol.4, No.1, pp. 127-166
[3]	Francis WH Yik and Yu Fat Lun (2010) 'Energy saving by utilizing natural ventilation in public housing in Hong Kong', Indoor and Built Environment, Vol.19, No.1, pp.73-87
[4]	Wee-Kean Fong; Chin-Siong Ho and Yu-Fat Lun (2010) 'Stabilization of Global Greenhouse Gas Concentrations by Planning Carbon and Energy Budgets at City Level: Case Study of the Iskandar Development Region, Malaysia', The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers Transactions, Vol.17, No.3, pp.8-14
[5]	Lun, Isaac; Mochida, Akashi and Ooka, Ryozo (2009) Progress in Numerical Modelling for Urban Thermal Environment Studies, Advances in Building Energy Research, 3, pp.147-188.
[6]	Fong, Wee Kean; Lun, Yu Fat and Matsumoto, Hiroshi (2009) Prediction of Carbon Dioxide Emissions for Rapid Growing City of Developing Country, HKIE Transactions, Vol. 16, Issue 2.
[7]	Fong, W.K., Matsumoto, H. and Lun, Y.F. (2009). Application of system dynamics model as decision making tool in urban planning process toward stabilizing carbon dioxide emissions from cities. Building and Environment, Vol. 44, Issue 7, pp.1528-1537
[8]	Li Q, Yoshino H, Mochida A, Lei B, Meng Q, Zhao L, Lun Y. (2009) CFD study of the thermal environment in an air-conditioned train station building, Building and Environment, 44(7), pp.1452-1465.
[9]	Lun, I., Mochida, A., Sasaki, K. (2008) Heat balance analysis for management and design of urban environment, The HKIE Transactions, Vol.15, No.3, September, pp.13-23.
[10]	Mochida, A.; Lun, I.Y.F. (2008) Prediction of wind environment and thermal comfort at pedestrian level in urban area, Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, Vol. 96, Issue 10-11, October-November 2008, pp.1498-1527.
[11]	Fong, W.K., Matsumoto, H. and Lun, Y.F. (2008). Establishment of city level carbon dioxide emission baseline database and carbon budgets for developing countries with data constraints. Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, 7(2), pp.403-410.
[12]	Fong, W.K., Matsumoto, H., Ho, C.S. and Lun, Y.F. (2008). Energy consumption and carbon dioxide emission considerations in the urban planning process in Malaysia. Journal of the Malaysian Institute of Planners 2008, VI, 101-130.
[13]	Fong, Wee-Kean; Matsumoto, Hiroshi; Lun, Yu-Fat; Kimura, Ryushi : Influences of indirect lifestyle aspects and climate on household energy consumption, Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, Vol. 6, No. 2, Nov 2007, pp.395-402. (Best Paper Award)
[14]	Fong, Wee-Kean; Matsumoto, Hiroshi; Lun, Yu-Fat; Kimura, Ryushi : Energy savings potential of the summer time concept in different regions of Japan from the perspective of household lighting, Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, Vol. 6, No. 2, Nov 2007, pp.371-378.
[15]	Lun, Y.F.; Mochida, A.; Yoshino, H.; Murakami, S. : Applicability of linear type revised k-ε models to flow over topographic features, Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, Vol. 95/5, May 2007, pp.371-384.
[16]	Yoshino, H.; Guan, S.; Lun, Y.F.; Mochida, A.; Shigeno, T.; Yoshino, Y.; Zhang, Q.Y. : Indoor thermal environment of urban residential buildings in China: winter investigation in five major cities, Special Issue: Energy and Environment of Residential Buildings in China, Energy and Buildings, Vol. 36, No. 12, Dec 2004, pp.1227-1233.
[17]	Lun, Y.F.; Mochida, A.; Murakami, S.; Yoshino, H.; Shirasawa, T. : Numerical simulation of flow over topographic features by revised k-ε models, Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, Vol. 91/1-2, Jan 2003, pp.231-245.
[18]	Hiroshi Yoshino, Takayuki Shigeno, Shan Guan, Yu Fat Lun, Yasuko Yoshino, Qingyuan Zhang, (2002) "Field Survey on Summer Indoor Thermal Environment of Urban Residential Buildings in China", AIJ J. Technol., No.16, 169-172. (In Japanese)
[19]	Yoshino, H.; Guan, S.; Lun, Y.F.; Shigeno, T.; Yoshino, Y.; Zhang, Q.Y. : Summer survey on indoor thermal environment of urban residential buildings in China, Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, Vol. 1, No. 2, Nov 2002, pp.65-72.
[20]	Lam, J.C.; Lun, Y.F.; Li, H.W. : Long-term wind speed statistics and implications for outside surface thermal resistance, Architectural Science Review, Vol. 43, No. 2, Jun 2000, pp.95-100.
[21]	Lun, Y.F.; Lam, J.C. : A study of Weibull parameters using long-term wind observations, Renewable Energy, 20 (2000), pp.145-153.
[22]	Calay, R.K.; Holdo, A.E.; Mayman, P.; Lun, Y.F. : Run-Back Ice on Aerofoils, AIAA Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 34, No. 2, Mar-Apr1997, pp. 206-212.
[23]	Lun, I.; Calay, R.K.; Holdo, A.E. : Modelling Two-Phase Flows using CFD, Applied Energy, Vol. 53, No. 3, 1996, pp. 299-314.

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums

[1]	Shinya Morikami; Masaaki Ohba; Kenji Tsukamoto; Yu-Fat Lun (2011) 'Human-subject experiments on thermal sweating for evaporative cooling by fluctuation of cross-wind flow', Society of Heating, Air-conditioning and Sanitary Engineers of Japan Annual Meeting, September 14-16, Nagoya
[2]	Masaaki Ohba, Ryuichiro Yoshie and Isaac Lun (2010). 'Overview of extreme hot weather incidents and recent study on human thermal comfort in Japan', APEC-WW2010, Kwandong University, Gangneung, Korea, October 22-23.
[3]	Masaaki Ohba, Shinya Morikami, Yukari Iino, Kunio Mizutani, Kenji Tsukamoto and Yu Fat Lun (2010). 'Subject experiment on evaporative heat loss and wind fluctuation using climate controllable wind tunnel-Part 1: Skin surface temperature and skin wettedness on steady wind condition', Summaries of Technical Papers of Annual Meeting Architectural Institute of Japan, Toyama, pp.515-516.
[4]	Shinya Morikami, Masaaki Ohba, Kenji Tsukamoto, Yu Fat Lun, Kunio Mizutani and Yukari Iino (2010). 'Subject experiment on evaporative heat loss and wind fluctuation using climate controllable wind tunnel-Part 2: Skin surface temperature and skin wettedness on fluctuating wind condition', Summaries of Technical Papers of Annual Meeting Architectural Institute of Japan, Toyama, pp.517-518.
[5]	Kenji Tsukamoto, Masaaki Ohba, Takashi Kurabuchi, Toshihiro Nonaka, Tomoyuki Endo, Kumiko Tsuruta, Syunsuke Suzuki, Shinya Morikami and Yu Fat Lun (2010). 'Study on effect of reduction of cooling load in detached house using cross-ventilation by local dynamic similarity model-Part 3: Evaluation of cumulative cooling load in detached house with the difference of major cities in Japan', Summaries of Technical Papers of Annual Meeting Architectural Institute of Japan, Toyama, pp.813-814.
[6]	Masaaki Ohba, Ryuichiro Yoshie and Isaac Lun (2009) 'Review of recent natural ventilation research study in Japan'‚ The 5th Workshop on Regional Harmonization of Wind Loading and Wind Environmental Specifications in Asia-Pacific Economies (APEC-WW2009), Nov. 12-14
[7]	Francis WH Yik and Yu Fat Lun (2009) 'Energy saving by utilizing natural ventilation in public housing in Hong Kong', The 2nd International Symposium on Sustainable Healthy Buildings, 9th October, Seoul, Korea (Keynote paper)
[8]	Fong, W.K.; Matsumoto, H.; Lun, Y.F.; Kimura, R. : System dynamic model for the prediction of urban energy consumption trends, Proceedings of the sixth International Conference on Indoor Air Quality, Ventilation & Energy Conservation in Buildings, Sustainable Built Environment, IAQVEC2007, Sendai International Centre, Sendai, Japan, October 28-31, 2007, Volume 1, pp.757-764.
[9]	Li, Q.; Yoshino, H.; Mochida, A.; Lei, B.; Meng, Q.L.; Zhao, L.H.; Lun. Y.F. : CFD study of the thermal environment in an air-conditioned train station building, Proceedings of the sixth International Conference on Indoor Air Quality, Ventilation & Energy Conservation in Buildings, Sustainable Built Environment, IAQVEC2007, Sendai International Centre, Sendai, Japan, October 28-31, 2007, Volume 3, pp.351-358.
[10]	Fong, W.K., Matsumoto, H., Lun, Y.F. and Kimura, R. (2007). System dynamic model as decision making tool in urban planning from the perspective of urban energy consumption. In: Seminar Proceedings of the 3rd Seminar of JSPS-VCC (Group VII), Johor Bahru, Malaysia, 10-11 September 2007, 99-110.
[11]	Fong, W.K.; Matsumoto, H.; Lun, Y.F.; Kimura, R. : Impacts of household pattern, geographical location and climate on household energy consumption in Japan, and the energy saving potential of summer time concept, Summaries of Technical Papers of Annual Meeting Architectural Institute of Japan, Engineering II, August 29-31 2007, pp.497-498 (in Japanese).
[12]	Fong, W.K.; Matsumoto, H.; Lun, Y.F.; Kimura, R. : Energy saving potential of summer time on household lighting in different regions of Japan, Proceedings of International Conference on Sustainable Building Asia, SB07 Seoul, aT Center, Seoul, Korea, June 27-29, 2007, Volume 1, pp.203-208.
[13]	Fong, W.K.; Matsumoto, H.; Lun, Y.F.; Kimura, R. : Household energy consumption under different lifestyles, Proceedings CD-ROM of the 9th REHVA World Congress Clima 2007 WellBeing Indoors, CD1 Proceeding B04E1151, Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, Finland, June 10-14, 2007.
[14]	Mochida, A.; Lun, I.Y.F. : Modeling of turbulent flow in urban area with various small scale flow obstacles, COE International Advanced School-Course B-: Wind effects on buildings and urban environment, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan, March 5-9, 2007.
[15]	Mochida, A.; Sasaki, K.; Lun, I.; Oba, H. : Management, control and design of urban climate based on the heat balance analysis of outdoor space, COE International Advanced School-Course B-: Wind effects on buildings and urban environment, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan, March 5-9, 2007.
[16]	Mochida, A.; Lun, I.Y.F. : Environmental impacts of urban heat island and their countermeasures: Experience of Japanese dense cities, Proceedings of PGBC Symposium 2006 Urban Climate + Urban Greenery, Hong Kong Observatory Headquarters, Hong Kong, December 2, 2006, pp.24-31.
[17]	Matsumoto, H.; Kimura, R.; Fujita, Y.; Lun, Y.F. : Embodied energy consumption of uildings based on the input-output analysis, Proc. of the IBPSA Australasia 2006 Conference, Adelaide, Australia, November 20-21, 2006, pp.88-95.
[18]	Kimura, R.; Matsumoto, H.; Lun, Y.F. : System Dynamics model of energy flow for urban area case study: Toyohashi model and Johor Bahru model, Proc. of the Second Seminar of JSPS-VCC Group 7, Ritsumeikan University, Shiga, Japan, September 22-23, 2005, pp.69-76.
[19]	Mochida, A.; Shirasawa, T.; Lun, Y.F. : Progress in CWE over the past 10 years and its applications to environmental problems, Proc. of Workshop on CFD Simulation of Turbulent Boundary Layer, Tokyo, October 22, 2004, pp.11-31.
[20]	Lun, Y.F.; Mochida, A; Yoshino, H.; Murakami, S.; Kimura, A. : Applicability of linear type revised k-ε models to flow over topographic feature, 11th International Conference on Wind Engineering, Texas, Volume 2, June 2003, pp.2663-2672.
[21]	Lun, Y.F.; Mochida, A; Yoshino, H. : Numerical prediction of flow over hill by linear and nonlinear k-ε models, ASME-PVP Conference on Emerging Technologies in Fluids, Structures, and Fluid/Structure Interactions, Vancouver, Canada, PVP-Vol. 446-2, August 4-8, 2002, pp.21-26.
[22]	Lun, Y.F.; Mochida, A; Yoshino, H.; Murakami, S. : CFD prediction of flow over topographic geometries by revised k-ε models (Part 1)-Comparison of Durbin model and Shih model in applying to 2D hill-, Summaries of Technical Papers of Annual Meeting Architectural Institute of Japan, Engineering II, August 2-4, 2002, pp.661-662 (in Japanese).
[23]	Lun, Y.F.; Mochida, A; Yoshino, H.; Murakami, S. : CFD prediction of flow over a blunt body by revised k-ε models, 15th JSCFD, December 2001, pp.86.
[24]	Lun, Y.F.; Mochida, A; Yoshino, H.; Murakami, S.; Shirasawa, T. : Numerical predictions of flow over 2D hill by Durbin's revised k-ε model, Summaries of Technical Papers of Annual Meeting Architectural Institute of Japan, Engineering II, September 2001, pp.793-794 (in Japanese).
[25]	Lun, Y.F.; Mochida, A; Yoshino, H. : CFD prediction of flow over cliff and hill by Durbin's revised k-ε model, Proceedings of AIJ Tohoku Chapter Architectural Research Meeting, No.64, June 2001, pp.55-58.
[26]	Lu, J.W.Z.; Lun, Y.F.; Lam, J.C. : CFD investigation of airflow around objects with different shapes, Sixth International IBPSA Conference (BS'99), Kyoto, September 1999, pp.785-792.