Khan, A H; Herman, S S and Jaafar, M F Z (2021) The influence of wind effects on architectural buildings heights in Iraqi residential buildings based on computational fluid dynamics simulations. Journal of Construction in Developing Countries, 26(1), pp. 63-87. ISSN 1823-6499
Abstract
The gradient of height in buildings is the most common way to prepare a comfortable environment and to increase wind forces around the buildings. This study assessed various design choices that enable architectural buildings to have different heights using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation to analyse wind conditions. Nonetheless, wind effects may create uncomfortable zones around high buildings and may be hazardous for pedestrians in open spaces. As such, this study looked into pedestrian level wind (PLW) to enhance the wind environment of buildings in Iraqi climate. Wind characteristics may create a range of disturbance levels that affect pedestrian areas. Iraqi residential buildings were taken as case study to quantitatively analyse the outdoor buildings at PLW, so as to generate some ideas and solutions between CFD simulation analysis and architectural design to yield an optimal model.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | height buildings; architectural buildings; computational fluid dynamics; pedestrian level wind; Iraq; residential buildings |
| Index terms: | pedestrian, architectural design, architectural building, residential building, case study, open space, simulation analysis, computational fluid dynamics, wind effect |
| Subjects: | modelling and simulation, environmental science, construction type, design practice, data collection methods, urban design, sociology, design analysis |
| Topics: | Design Practice, Construction Technology, Engineering Principles, Research Practice, Digital Applications, Urban Studies, Stakeholder Management |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCEA |
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