Zambri Harun

National University of Malaysia Malaysia

Dr. Zambri Harun is the Chair of, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). Before working at UKM, he worked as a process engineer at Motorola (Malaysia) and as a mechanical and electrical design manager for the Design and Construction of the Gerbang Selatan Bersepadu (GSB) project. As a professional engineer, he has also been a principal consulting engineer in mechanical building services. He received a BSc. and an MEng. degree in mechanical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), New York. His PhD is in turbulence and wall-- bounded flows from the University of Melbourne. He actively researches turbulence, fluid mechanics applications, renewable energy, urban heat islands (UHI), and end-of- life vehicles (ELV). Some of the delicate instruments he loves are hot-wire anemometry, ultrasonic anemometer, and particle image velocimetry. He leads ELV initiatives in Malaysia i.e. introduction of new policies for ELV management. He has published over 150 articles in conference proceedings, and journals as well as in books both in the fields of engineering and education.

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The book comprises of different areas in which vortex dynamics is important, its generation, evolution, interactions with other motions, and finally the ways it can be controlled. Vortex characteristics are important in many aspects of our lives, from blood circulation in the arteries to the high-speed jet. Flow control and manipulation of vortices have been used to reduce drag for large tankers resulting in billions of dollars in savings. An effective smoke management system must be put in place for critical areas to ensure the safety of people, for example in a very large shopping complex or a large airport. Advanced computational and cloud-computing facilities have contributed significantly to large-scale simulation projects. Therefore, validations could be performed for larger windows of study so that it can now cover the entire e.g. central business district (CBD) for urban heat island (UHI) study or land-ocean interactions.

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