Wind tunnel study of pedestrian level wind environment around tall buildings: Effects of building dimensions, separation and podium

Building and Environment

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 167-181

  Tsang, C W ^a   Kwok, K C S ^a,b   Hitchcock, P A ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Building dimensions; Building separation; Pedestrian level wind; Podium structure; Tall buildings; Urban wind environment

Indexed keywords

AIR; TALL BUILDINGS; VENTILATION; WIND; WIND TUNNELS;

BUILDING DEVELOPMENT; BUILDING DIMENSIONS; BUILDING SEPARATION; HIGH RISE BUILDING; PEDESTRIAN LEVEL WIND ENVIRONMENT; PODIUM STRUCTURE; WIND ENVIRONMENT; WIND-STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

SEPARATION;

MULTISTOREY BUILDING; URBAN AREA; VENTILATION; WIND TUNNEL; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 80054110781     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.08.014     Document Type: Article

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