Open AccessThe Influence of Wind Effects on Architectural Buildings Heights in Iraqi Residential Buildings Based on Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations
Author(s) -
Ali Khan,
Siti Sarah Herman,
Mohamad Fakri Zaky Ja’afar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of construction in developing countries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.26
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1823-6499
pISSN - 2180-4222
DOI - 10.21315/jcdc2021.26.1.4
Subject(s) - computational fluid dynamics , pedestrian , cfd in buildings , wind speed , environmental science , marine engineering , architectural design , architectural engineering , range (aeronautics) , wind engineering , meteorology , civil engineering , engineering , aerospace engineering , architecture , geography , archaeology
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.