Professor Kenny Kwok

• Biography
• Areas of Research/Teaching Expertise
• Grants/Current Projects
• Publications
• Contact Details

Biography

Professor Kwok is a Professor of Engineering at the University of Western Sydney. From 1999-2005, he was a member of the Engineering Panel of Research Grant Council of Hong Kong. From 1998-2008, he was a Professor of Civil Engineering and Director of the CLP Power Wind/Wave Tunnel Facility at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. From 1977-2002, he held positions as Professor of Wind Engineering, Associate Dean of Engineering, Director of Wind Engineering Services, and Director of Graduate School of Engineering at the University of Sydney. He is currently the Asia-Pacific Regional Coordinator and member of the Executive Board of the International Association for Wind Engineering.

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Areas of Research/Teaching Expertise

Professor Kwok's main research interests and technical expertise are wind engineering and structural dynamics, particularly wind effects on buildings and structures, wind tunnel tests, environmental fluid mechanics, vibration control and occupant comfort assessment. He has published over 350 articles in book chapters, invited and keynote papers, journal and conference papers. He has been awarded more than $4.5 million in research grants and undertaken wind engineering consultancy projects in Australia, Hong Kong and other countries worth over $4 million. He is the editorial board member of three international journals in wind engineering and structural engineering. He is currently a member of BD006-02 on wind loading code AS/NZS 1170.2, a member of Technical Committee for the Code of Practice on Wind Effects in Hong Kong, and a Scientific Advisor to the Hong Kong Observatory.

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Grants/Current Projects

Motion Simulator MKIII, (Kwok, Tung), HKUST Research Equipment Funding, 2007-2009, HKD1,530,000

Numerical Wind Load Prediction and Aerodynamic Shape Optimization of Tall Buildings, (Chan, Kwok and Kot), RGC CERG, 2006-2009, HKD609,000

Innovative Design Technologies for Tall Buildings in a Typhoon Prone Urban Environment, (Kwok, Chan, Chang, Ding, Hitchcock, Katafygiotis and Lam), RGC CAG, 2005-2008, HKD3,345,000

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Publications

Kwok, K.C.S. and Macdonald, P.A., "Wind-induced Response of Sydney Tower", Engineering Structures, Vol. 12, No. 3, July 1990, pp. 153-162.

Kwok, K.C.S., Kim, D.H., Smedley, D.J. and H.F. Rohde, "Snowdrift around Building in Antarctic Environment", Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, Vols. 41-44, 1992, pp. 2797-2808.

Kwok, K.C.S. and Samali, B, "Performance of Tuned Mass Dampers under Wind Loads", Auxiliary Damping Systems for Vibration Mitigation of Tall Structures, Engineering Structures, Vol. 17, No. 9, 1995, pp. 655-667.

Hitchcock, P.A., Kwok, K.C.S., Watkins, R.D. and Samali, B., "Characterisation of Liquid Column Vibration Absorber (LCVA) - I", Engineering Structures, Vol. 19, No. 2, 1997, pp. 126-134.

Wood, G.S., Kwok, K.C.S., Motteram, N.A. and Fletcher, D.F., "Physical and Numerical Modelling of Thunderstorm Downbursts", Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, Vol. 89, 2001, pp.535-552.

Thepmongkorn, S. and Kwok, K.C.S., "Wind-induced Responses of Tall Buildings Experiencing Complex Motions", Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, Vol. 90, 2002, pp. 515-526.

Tang, U.F. and Kwok, K.C.S., "Interference excitation mechanisms on a 3-DOF Aeroelastic CAARC Building Model", Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, Vol. 92, 2004, pp. 1299-1314.

Campbell, S., Kwok, K.C.S. and Hitchcock, P.A., "Dynamic Characteristics And Wind-induced Response of Two High-Rise Residential Buildings During Typhoons", Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, Vol. 93, 2005, pp. 461-482.

Burton, M.D., Kwok, K.C.S., Hitchcock, P.A. and Denoon, R.O., "Frequency Dependence of Human Response to Wind-induced Building Motion", Journal of Structural Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 132, No. 2, 2006, pp. 296-303.

Qin, X.R., Kwok, K.C.S., Fok, C.H., Hitchcock, P.A., and Xu, Y.L., "Wind-induced Self-excited Vibrations of a Twin-deck Bridge and the Effect of Gap Width", Wind and Structures, Vol. 10, No. 5, September 2007, pp. 463-480.

For more information, contact Kenny.

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