Pedestrian-Level Wind Speed Analysis: A Case Study
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This study analyses wind speed and wind comfort at the Auckland University of Technology, addressing a research gap in how urban contexts influence wind comfort in Auckland. Field surveys assessed public perceptions of wind speed during summer and winter, while computational fluid dynamic (CFD) simulations used historical data to examine the effects of street orientations, aspect ratios and building arrangements. High-risk areas, defined by average wind speeds exceeding 3.3 m/s, were identified, and mitigation scenarios were proposed. The findings show that street orientation has the greatest impact on wind speed, with areas angled 45 degrees to the predominant wind direction facing the most significant challenges. This research offers insights into wind comfort from an architectural and design perspective.Description
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Architectural Science Review, ISSN: 0003-8628 (Print); 1758-9622 (Online), Informa UK Limited, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), 1-16. doi: 10.1080/00038628.2024.2420686
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© 2024 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.