Professor Kenny Kwok

Conference Papers

• Kwok, K., Tsang, R., Tse, K. and Wong, K. (2012), 'Air Ventilation Assessment (AVA) For Building Developments', 7th ICCSM International Congress of Croation Society of Mechanics, Zadar, Croatia.
• Kwok, K., Tse, K., Tsang, C. and Wong, K. (2012), 'Air Ventilation Assessment (AVA) for Building Developments', 15th Australasian Wind Engineering Society Workshop, Sydney, Australia.
• Selvakumar, K., Kwok, K. and Lamb, S. (2012), 'Survey of Occupant Response in Wind-Excited Tall Buildings', 15th Australasian Wind Engineering Society Workshop, Sydney, Australia.
• Lamb, S., Kwok, K. and Walton, D. (2012), 'Experience with Win-Induced Building Motion in Wellington, New Zealand: Motion Sickness, Compensatory Behaviours and Work Location Preferences', 15th Australasian Wind Engineering Society Workshop, Sydney, Australia.
• Kwok, K. and Wong, K. (2012), 'A Dual-Axis Tall Building Motion Simulator to Investigate Effects of Wind-Induced Building Motionson Human', 15th Australasian Wind Engineering Society Workshop, Sydney, Australia.
• Kwok, K., He, Y. and Poty, M. (2012), 'Computational study of wind-fire-structure interactions and their impact on bushfire resistance design of housing', International Colloquium on Bluff Body Aerodynamics and Applications, Shanghai, China.
• Tse, K. and Kwok, K. (2012), 'Acceleration responses of square cross-section tall buildings with aerodynamic treatments', International Conference on Performance-based and Life-cycle Structural Engineering, Hong Kong, China.
• Walton, D., Burton, M., Kwok, K., Lamb, S. and Merwood, Y. (2012), 'Motion sickness sensitivity and its relationship to occupant discomfort due to tall building motion sway', International Conference on Performance-based and Life-cycle Structural Engineering, Hong Kong, China.
• Lamb, S., Walton, D. and Kwok, K. (2012), 'The effects of exposure to wind-induced tall building motion on occupant comfort in wellington, New Zealand', International Conference on Performance-based and Life-cycle Structural Engineering, Hong Kong, China.
• Hammam, E., Grewal, T., Dawood, T., Kwok, K. and Macefield, V. (2012), 'Vestibulosympathetic reflexes induced by 0.08 Hz sinusoidal linear acceleration at 5 mG', International Conference on Performance-based and Life-cycle Structural Engineering, Hong Kong, China.
• Kwok, K. (2012), 'Air ventilation assessment (AVA) for building developments', Australasian Wind Engineering Society Workshop, Sydney, N.S.W..
• Kwok, K. (2012), 'Experience with wind-induced building motion in Wellington, New Zealand : motion sickness, compensatory behaviours and work location preferences', Australasian Wind Engineering Society Workshop, Sydney, N.S.W..
• Kwok, K. (2012), 'Survey of occupant response in wind-excited tall buildings', Australasian Wind Engineering Society Workshop, Sydney, N.S.W..
• Kwok, K. (2012), 'A dual-axis tall building motion simulator to investigate effects of wind-induced building motions on human', Australasian Wind Engineering Society Workshop, Sydney, N.S.W..
• He, Y., Kwok, K., Douglas, G. and Razali, I. (2011), 'Numerical Investigation of Bushfire-Wind Interaction and its Impact on Building Structure', the 10th International Symposium on Fire Safety Science, Maryland, USA.
• Kwok, K. (2011), 'Behaviour of Tall Buildings and Structures in Strong Winds-Dynamic Properties, Response Characteristics and Vibration Mitigation', 6th Asia Pacific Forum on Structural Engineering for Extreme Events, Gold Coast, QLD.
• Kwok, K., He, Y., Douglas, G. and Razali, I. (2011), 'Peak Distributions and Peak Factors of non-Gaussian wind pressure on a complex-shaped tall building', 13th International Conference on Wind Engineering, Amsterdam.
• Michaels, M., Kwok, K. and Tung, Y. (2011), 'Investigating cultural factors influencing occupant comfort in tall buildings', 13th International Conference on Wind Engineering, Amsterdam.
• Huang, M., Lou, W., Chan, C. and Kwok, K. (2011), 'Database Assisted Numerical Intelligence System (DANIS) for the prediction of aerodynamic wind loads on tall buildings', 13th International Conference on Wind Engineering, Amsterdam.
• Lau, I., Chan, C., Huang, M. and Kwok, K. (2011), 'Bushfire-induced winds amd their impacts on buildings', 13th International Conference on Wind Engineering, Amsterdam.
• Douglas, G., He, Y. and Kwok, K. (2010), 'Wind Impacts on Fire Spread and Structural Failure in a Complex Terrain', 14th Australasian Wind Engineering Society (AWES) Workshop, Canberra, Australia.
• Kwok, K., He, Y. and Douglas, G. (2010), 'Wind Impacts on Fire Spread and Structural Failure during Bushfire in Complex Terrain', 9th UK Conference on Wind Enginnering, Bristol, UK.
• Shum, K., Kwok, K. and Hitchcock, P. (2010), 'Galloping of Inclined Square Cylinder in Smooth Flow: Experimental and Theoretical Investigations', 9th United Kingdom Conference on Wind Engineering, Bristol, UK.
• Lamb, S., Kwok, K., Walton, D. and Caprenter, P. (2010), 'A Longitudinal Approach to Measuring Occupant Comfort and Prodcutivity in Wind-Excited Tall Buildings', 14th Australasian Wind Engineering Society Workshop, Canberra, Australia.
• Kwok, K., Michaels, M. and Lamb, S. (2010), 'Human Perception and Tolerance of Wind-Induced Building Motion', 6th International Symposium on Environmental Effects on Buildings and People - Actions, Influences, Interactions, Discomfort, Krakow, Poland.
• Chan, C., Huang, M., Lau, I. and Kwok, K. (2009), 'Hybrid Stochastic Simulation of Pressure Fluctuations on Tall Buildings', 7th Asia-Pacific Conference on Wind Engineering, Taipei.
• Holmes, J., Kwok, K. and Hitchcock, P. (2009), 'Extreme Wind Speeds and Wind Load Factors for Hong Kong', 7th Asia-Pacific Conference on Wind Engineering, Taipei.
• Michaels, M., Kwok, K. and Hitchcock, P. (2009), 'Human Body Response to Low Frequency Narrow-band Random Building Motions', 7th Asia-Pacific Conference on Wind Engineering, Taipei.
• Shum, K., Kwok, K. and Hitchcock, P. (2009), 'Galloping effects on inclined square cylinder', 5th Europe Africa Conference on Wind Engineering, Florence, Italy.
• Shum, K., Kwok, K. and Hitchcock, P. (2009), 'Galloping Effects on Inclined Square Cylinder in Turbulent Flow', 7th Asia-Pacific Conference on Wind Engineering, Taipei.
• Tsang, C., Kwok, K. and Hitchcock, P. (2009), 'Effects of building height and spacing on pedestrian-level wind environment', 5th Europe Africa Conterence on Wind Engineering, Florence, Italy.
• Tsang, C., Kwok, K. and Hitchcock, P. (2009), 'Effects of Building Height and Spacing on Pedestrian-level Wind Environment', 7th Asia-Pacific Conference on Wind Engineering, Taipei.
• Tse, K., Kwok, K. and Tamura, Y. (2009), 'A Cost Analysis of the STMD for Second Generation Wind-excited Benchmark Building', 7th Asia-Pacific Conference on Wind Engineering, Taipei.
• Huang, M., Chan, C. and Kwok, K. (2009), 'A Peak Factor for Predicting Non-Gaussian Peak Resultant Response of Wind-excited tall Buildings', 7th Asia-Pacific Conference on Wind Engineering, Taipei.
• Burton, M., Hitchcock, P. and Kwok, K. (2008), 'Visual Cues Influencing the Perception of Wind-induced Tall Building Motion', 4th International Conference on Advances in Wind and Structures, Jeju, Korea.
• Burton, M., Smith, R., Kwok, K. and Hitchcock, P. (2008), 'The Human Element of Wind and Structures Interaction', 7th European Conference on Structural Dynamics, Southampton, UK.
• Chan, C., Huang, M. and Kwok, K. (2008), 'Occupant Comfort Evaluation and Dynamic Stiffness Optimization of Tall Buildings', 4th International Conference on Advances in Wind and Structures, Jeju, Korea.
• Ng, E., Katzschner, L., Kwok, K., Sun, D., Yau, R., Wang, U. and Chan, C. (2008), 'Air Ventilation Assessment System for Planning - Designing for Better Air Ventilation for Human Comfort in High Density Cities, an experience from Hong Kong', 3rd International Symposium on Wind Engineering, Tokyo.
• Tse, K., Hitchcock, P. and Kwok, K. (2008), 'Feasibility of High-Frequency Base Balance Time Domain Analysis', 4th International Conference on Advances in Wind Structures, Jeju, Korea.
• Wong, K., Kwok, K. and Hitchcock, P. (2008), 'Interference Excitation Mechanisms on CAARC Building Model', BBAA VI International Colloquium on Bluff Bodies Aerodynamics and Applications, Milano, Italy.
• Kwok, K. and Hitchcock, P. (2008), 'Occupant comfort test using a tall building motion simulator', 4th International Conference on Advances in Wind and Structures, Jeju, Korea.
• Kwok, K. (2008), 'Motion Simulator Study on Effects of Wind-excited Tall Building Vibration on Occupants', 3rd International Symposium on Wind Engineering, Tokyo.
• Burton, M., Kwok, K. and Hitchcock, P. (2007), 'Occupant Comfort Criteria for Wind-excited Buildings: Based on Motion Duration', 12th International Conference on Wind Engineering, Cairns, Australia.
• Chan, C., Huang, M. and Kwok, K. (2007), 'Integrated Wind Load Updating and Stiffness Design Optimization of Tall Buildings', 12th International Conference on Wind Engineering, Cairns, Australia.
• Fok, C., Kwok, K., Hitchcock, P. and Qin, X. (2007), 'Wind-induced Pressures around a Sectional Twin-deck Bridge Model: Effects of Gap-width on Aerodynamic Admittance Functions', 12th International Conference on Wind Engineering, Cairns, Australia.
• Fok, C., Kwok, K., Hitchcock, P. and Qin, X. (2007), 'Wind-induced Pressures around a Sectional Twin-deck Bridge Model: Effects of Gap-width on Span-wise Force Correlation', 12th International Conference on Wind Engineering, Cairns, Australia.
• Huang, M., Chan, C., Kwok, K. and Hitchcock, P. (2007), 'Dynamic Analysis of Wind-induced Lateral-torsional Response of Tall Buildings with Coupled Modes', 12th International Conference on Wind Engineering, Cairns, Australia.
• Hui, D., Hitchcock, P. and Kwok, K. (2007), 'Wind-induced Pressures in a Residential Building during Typhoon Passage', 12th International Conference on Wind Engineering, Cairns, Australia.
• Leung, R., Kwok, K. and Yue, O. (2007), 'Air Ventilation Assessment for High Density Residential Development', 6th China Urban Housing Conference, Beijing, China.
• Tse, K., Hitchcock, P. and Kwok, K. (2007), 'Linearising Complex Mode Shapes for HFFB Analysis of Wind-excited Tall Buildings', 12th International Conference on Wind Engineering, Cairns, Australia.
• Tse, K., Hitchcock, P., Kwok, K., Chan, C. and Denoon, R. (2007), 'Building Economics of Wind-Engineered Tall Structures', 12th Interantional Conference on Wind Engineering, Cairns, Australia.
• Kwok, K., Burton, M. and Hitchcock, P. (2007), 'Occupant Comfort and Perception of Motion in Wind-excited Tall Buildings', 12th International Conference on Wind Engineering, Cairns, Australia.
• Kwok, K. (2007), 'Behaviour of Tall Buildings in Strong Winds', Global Chinese Wind Engineering Forum, Tamkang University, Taipei.
• Kwok, K. and Choi, E. (2007), 'Recent Developments in Wind Code, Air Ventilation Assessment and Wind Engineering Research in Hong Kong', 4th Workshop on Regional Harmonisation of Wind Loading and Wind Environmental Specifications in Asia- Pacific Economies (APEC-WW 2007), Shanghai.
• Burton, M., Kwok, K. and Hitchcock, P. (2006), 'Wind Climate and Duration of a Wind Event: Effects on Occupant Comfort', &th UK Conference on Wind Engineering, Glasgow, UK.
• Hui, D., Kwok, K., Hitchcock, P. and Fok, C. (2006), 'A Comparison between Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) Analysis and Wind Tunnel Observations on Flow Above a Complex Terrain', 4th International Symposium on Computational Wind Engineering, Yokohama.
• Kwok, K., Burton, M. and Hitchcock, P. (2006), 'Human Perception of Wind-induced Tall Building Motions', 7th United Kingdom Conference on Wind Engineering, Glasgow, UK.
• Campbell, S., Kwok, K., Leung, H. and Ding, X. (2006), 'Full-scale Monitoring of a High-rise Residential Building Using GPS under Typhoon Conditions', 4th World Conference on Structural Control and Monitoring, San Diego.
• Qin, X., Kwok, K., Fok, C. and Hitchcock, P. (2006), 'Effects of Frequency Ratio on the Aerodynamic and Dynamic Properties of Bridge Decks', ASME 6th International Symposium on Fluid-Structure Interactions, Aeroelasticity, Flow-Induced Vibration & Noise, Vancouver.
• Kwok, K. (2006), 'Codification of Dynamic Structural Properties of Buildings', 3rd Workshop on Regional Harmonization of Wind Loading and Wind Environmental Specifications in Asia-Pacific Economies (APEC-WW2006), New Dehli, India.
• Kwok, K., Burton, M. and Hitchcock, P. (2006), 'Human Perception of Wind-induced Tall Building Motions', 3rd Workshop on Regional Harmonizaion of Wind Loading and Wind Environmental Specifications in Asia-Pacific Economies (APEC-WW 2006), New Dehli, India.
• Kwok, K., Ng, E. and Kot, S. (2006), 'Wind Code, Air Quality Standards and Air Ventilation Assessment for Hong Kong - Latest Developments', 3rd Workshop on Regional Harmonization of Wind Loading and Wind Environmental Specifications in Asia-Pacific Economies (APEC-WW 2006), New Dehli, India.
• Kwok, K. (2006), 'The Role of Wind Engineering in a Typhoon Prone Urban Environment', Joint HKIA/HKIE/HKIS/HKIP Conference on Urban Survival, Hong Kong.
• Denoon, R., Kwok, K. and Roberts, R. (2006), 'Tropospheric effects in monitoring super high buildings with GPS', Institute of Navigation - 19th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division, ION GNSS 2006, .
• Burton, M., Hitchcock, P. and Kwok, K. (2005), 'Acceptability Curves Derived from Motion Simulator Investigations and Previous Experience with Building Motion', 10th Americas Conference on Wind Engineering, Baton Rouge.
• Campbell, S., Leung, H., Kwok, K. and Hitchcock, P. (2005), 'Full-Scale Monitoring of Building Responses in a Typhoon Environment', 6th Asia Pacific Conference on Wind Engineering, Seoul, Korea.
• Fok, C., Kwok, K., Qin, X. and Hitchcock, P. (2005), 'Wind-induced Pressures around a Sectional Twin-deck Bridge Model', 6th Asia Pacific Conference on Wind Engineering, Seoul, Korea.
• Kwok, K., Leung, H., Campbell, S. and Hitchcock, P. (2005), 'Dynamic Response of Two High-rise Residential Buildings during a Typhoon', 4th Europe-Asia Conference on Wind Engineering, Prague.
• Qin, X., Kwok, K., Fok, C. and Hitchcock, P. (2005), 'Wind-induced Vibrations of a Sectional Twin-deck Bridge Model', 6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Wind Engineering, Korea.
• Tse, K., Hitchcock, P. and Kwok, K. (2005), 'Evaluation Model for the 2nd Generation Wind-Excited Benchmark Building', 10th Americas Conference on Wind Engineering, Baton Rouge.
• Xu, Y., Shun, K., Li, Y., Kwok, K. and Hitchcock, P. (2005), 'Measurement of Aerodynamic Forces on Inclined Cable with Artificial Rivulet', 6th Asia Pcific Conference on Wind Engineering, Seoul, Korea.
• Kwok, K., Burton, M. and Hitchcock, P. (2005), 'Human Perception of Building Motion in Strong Wind Environments', 6th Asia Pacific Conference on Wind Engineering, Seoul, Korea.
• Kwok, K., Kot, S. and Ng, E. (2005), 'Wind Code, Air Quality Standards and Air Ventilation Assessment in Hong Kong', 2nd Workshop on Regional Harmonisation of Wind Loading and Wind Environmental Specifications in Asia-Pacific Economies (2nd APEC-WW), Hong Kong.
• Campbell, S., Kwok, K. and Hitchcock, P. (2004), 'Full-scale Measurements of Two High-rise Residential Buildings in Hong Kong during a Typhoon', 5th International Colloquium on Bluff Body Aerodynamics and Applications, Ottawa.
• Hitchcock, P., Tse, K., Denoon, R., Kwok, K., Thepmongkorn, S. and Wood, G. (2004), 'Effects of Mass and Stiffness Eccentricity on Wind-induced Response of a Building', 5th International Colloquium on Bluff Body Aerodynamics and Applications, Ottawa.
• Kwok, K. (2004), 'Wind Tunnel Tests on Tall Buildings and Long-span Bridges', Symposium on Natural Disasters Reduction, Hong Kong.
• Wong, K., Kwok, K., Hitchcock, P. and Fok, C. (2004), 'Wind Flow Over Complex Terrain in Coastal Regions - with Special Reference to Wind Power Generation in Hong Kong', International Conference on Infrastructure Development - Challenges in the 21st Century, Hong Kong.
• Kwok, K. (2004), 'Wind Effects on Tall Buildings in Typhoon Prone Urban Environment', 1st International Symposium on Wind Effects on Buildings and Urban Environment, Tokyo.
• Kwok, K. (2004), 'Wind Tunnel Tests on Tall Buildings and Long-span Bridges', International Symposium on Architectural Wind Engineering, Tokyo Polytechnic University, Atsugi, Japan.
• Kwok, K. and Kot, S. (2004), 'Wind Code and Air Quality Standards for Hong Kong', Workshop on Regional Harmonisation of Wind Loading and Wind Environmental Speciafications in Asis-Pacific Economies (APEC-WW), Atsugi, Japan.
• Burton, M., Denoon, R., Roberts, R., Kwok, K. and Hitchcock, P. (2003), 'A Motion Simulator to Investigate Effects of Wind-induced Building Motion', 11th International Conference on Wind Engineering, Lubbock, Texas.
• Fok, C., Kwok, K. and Hitchcock, P. (2003), 'Studies of Topographical Effects on Hong Kong Wind Climate', 11th International Conference on Wind Engineering, Lubbock, Texas.
• Tang, U. and Kwok, K. (2003), 'Wind-excited Responses of a 3-DOF Aeroelastic CAARC Building Model', 11th International Conference on Wind Engineering, Lubbock, Texas.
• Kwok, K. (2003), 'Wind Effects in Urban Environment - with Particular Reference to Design of Tall Buildings and Structures', 10th Australasian Wind Engineering Society Workshop, Sydney.
• Kwok, K. (2003), 'Flow Measurement Techniques for Wind Tunnel Applications', 11th International Conference on Wind Engineering, Lubbock, Texas.
• Tamura, Y., Kareem, A., Solari, G., Kwok, K. and Holmes, J. (2003), 'Report by Working Group WGE : Dynamic Response', 11th International Conference on Wind Engineering, Lubbock, Texas.
• Kwok, K. (2003), 'Wind Tunnel Test Techniques and Test Expectations', International Wind Engineering Symposium, Tamsui, Taiwan.
• Mayol, E., Samali, B., Kwok, K., Sun, D., Yau, R., Wang, U. and Chan, C. (2002), 'Damping Enhancement of Liquid Column Vibration Absorbers for Structural Control', 17th Australasian Conference on Mechanics of Structures and Materials, Gold Coast, Australia.
• Samali, B., Mayol, E., Kwok, K., Mack, A. and Hitchcock, P. (2002), 'Damping Enhancement of Liquid Column Vibration Absorbers by Use of Orifice Plates', 6th International Conference on Motion and Vibration Control, Saitama, Japan.
• Samali, B., Mayol, E., Mack, A., Kwok, K. and Hitchcock, P. (2002), 'Vibration Control of a Five Storey Benchmark Building Excited by Earthquake Using Liquid Column Vibration Absorbers', 3rd Australasian Congress on Applied Mechanics, Sydney, Australia.
• Kwok, K. and Hitchcock, P. (2002), 'Dynamic Measurements on Tall Buildings and Structures', 2nd International Symposium on Wind and Structures, Busan, Korea.
• Al-Dawod, M., Samali, B., Kwok, K. and Naghdy, F. (2001), 'Application of a Fuzzy Controller to Seismically Excited Nonlinear Buildings', 10th IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, , Melbourne.
• Kwok, K. and Hitchcock, P. (2001), 'Wind Tunnel Model Testing at the CLP Power Wind/Wave Tunnel Facility (WWTF)', International Conference on Construction, Hong Kong.
• Samali, B., Mayol, E., Kwok, K., Mack, A. and Hitchcock, P. (2001), 'Damping Enhancements of 5 Storey Benchmark Building Using Liquid Column Vibration Absorbers', International Conference on Fluid-structure Interaction, Halkidiki, Greece.
• Samali, B., Mayol, E., Mack, A., Kwok, K. and Hitchcock, P. (2001), 'Vibration Control of a 5 Storey Benchmark Building Utilising Liquid Column Vibration Absorbers', 1st Asian Pacific Conference on Computational Mechanics, Sydney, Australia.
• Kwok, K. and Hitchcock, P. (2001), 'Wind Tunnel Model Testing at the CLP Power Wind/Wave Tunnel Facility (WWTF)', Chinese National Conference on Structural Wind Engineering, .
• Kwok, K. (2001), 'Wind Engineering Research at the CLP Power Wind/Wave Tunnel Facility', Inaugural Meeting of Wind Engineering Research Centre, Tokyo Institute of Polytechnics, Atsugi, Japan.
• Kwok, K. and Hitchcock, P. (2001), 'Designing for Typhoons in Hong Kong', Proceedings of 5th Asia Pacific Conference in Wind Engineering , Kyoto.
• Denoon, R., Kwok, K. and Roberts, R. (2001), 'The Use of Motion Simulators in the Investigation of Occupant Response to Wind-induced Building Motion', Proceedings of 5th Asia Pacific Conference in Wind Engineering , Kyoto.
• Holmes, J., Hitchcock, P., Kwok, K. and Chim, J. (2001), 'Re-analysis of Hong Kong Typhoon Wind Speeds using the 'Peaks Over Threshold' Approach', Proceedings of 5th Asia Pacific Conference in Wind Engineering , Kyoto.
• Thepmongkorn, S., Wood, G. and Kwok, K. (2001), 'Interference Effects on Wind-induced Coupled Motion of Tall Buildings', Proceedings of 5th Asia Pacific Conference in Wind Engineering , Kyoto.