A touch of engineering ingenuity will be at work when cyclists at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games enter the heat of battle at the Anna Meares Velodrome on April 5.
Dr Peter Woodfield, a senior lecturer at the School of Engineering and Built Environment at Griffith University, has brought his expertise to bear on an airy issue after he was approached by Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation (GOLDOC).
The problem to be solved surrounded air movement and how the best of both worlds would be struck for both elite athletes on the track and eager spectators in the stands.
“The thought was to install some fans inside the Velodrome and try and use those fans to make it comfortable for the spectators without interfering with the athletes on the track,” says Dr Woodfield, whose academic expertise straddles computational heat transfer, fluid dynamics and thermodynamics.
Complex geometry
“The challenging point for me was the
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