Urban aerodynamics : wind engineering for urban planners and designers

• Corporate Author: American Society of Civil Engineers. Task Committee on Urban Aerodynamics
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Reston, Va. : American Society of Civil Engineers, ©2011.
• Subjects: Wind-pressure.; Tall buildings > Aerodynamics.; Structural engineering.; Urban climatology.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9780784476369; 0784476365; 9780784411797; 0784411794
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (63 pages) : illustrations

Table of Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction
• Objectives of this Booklet
• Scope
• Elements of Urban Aerodynamics
• Wind Engineering in Urban Aerodynamics
• Tools and Techniques
• Selected Bibliography
• ch. 2 Elements Of Urban Aerodynamics
• Historic Consideration of Wind in Urban Planning
• Influence of Industrial Revolution on Town Planning
• Contemporary Consideration of Wind in Urban Environments
• Pedestrian Level Winds
• Summer Breeze Penetration and Urban Heat Islands
• Natural Ventilation for Sustainable Urban Development
• ch. 3 Engineering In Urban Aerodynamics
• Urban Hurricane and Tornado Shelters
• Pedestrian Level Winds
• Urban Design for Breeze Penetration
• Winter Wind Shielding
• Natural Ventilation of High-rise Office Buildings
• Natural Ventilation of Low-rise Buildings
• Human Thermal Comfort in Naturally Ventilated Spaces
• Backup for Wind-Driven Naturally Ventilated Spaces
• Dispersion of Urban Airborne Pollutants.
• Note continued: Dispersion Modeling in Boundary Layer Wind Tunnels
• Dispersion Modeling with Computational Fluid Dynamics
• Urban Wind Power
• ch. 4 Tools And Techniques
• Flow Visualization
• Quantifying Wind Effects
• Boundary Layer Wind Tunnels
• Wind Tunnel Measurements
• Validation of Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel Studies
• Computational Fluid Dynamics
• Field Studies
• ch. 5 Concluding Remarks.