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This book is highly suitable for advanced courses asit introduces state-of-the-art information and the latest research results ondiverse problems in the environmental wind engineering field. The topics includeindoor natural ventilation, pedestrian wind environment, pollutant dispersion,urban heat island phenomena, urban ventilation, indoor/outdoor thermal comfort,and experimental/numerical techniques to analyze those issues.
Winds have a great influence on the outdoorenvironment, especially in urban areas. Problems that they cause can beattributed to either strong wind or weak wind issues. Strong winds aroundhigh-rise buildings can bring about unpleasant, and in some cases dangerous,situations for people in the outdoor environment. On the other hand, weak windconditions can also cause problems such as air pollution and heat islandphenomena in urban areas. Winds enhance urban ventilation and reduce thoseproblems. They also enhance natural ventilation in buildings, which can reducethe energy consumption of mechanical ventilation fans and air conditioners forcooling. Moderate winds improve human thermal comfort in both indoor andoutdoor environments in summer. Environmental wind engineering associated withwind tunnel experiments and numerical analysis can contribute to solutions tothese issues.
List of contents
Design procedures for naturalventilation.- Theoretical models of envelope flow - steady and unsteady.- VentilationFlow Structure and High-precision Ventilation Network Model.- Passive Coolingof Buildings-Present and Future Needs - Recent Progress on Passive CoolingConvective Technologies.- Thermal Comfort Inside and Outside Buildings.-Pedestrian wind environment around tall buildings.- Wind-induced dispersion ofpollutants in the urban environment.- Trends in the field of quality assuranceof urban flow and dispersion models.- Wind Tunnel Experiment and Large Eddy Simulationof Pollutant/Thermal Dispersion in Non-Isothermal Turbulent Boundary Layer.
Summary
This book is highly suitable for advanced courses as
it introduces state-of-the-art information and the latest research results on
diverse problems in the environmental wind engineering field. The topics include
indoor natural ventilation, pedestrian wind environment, pollutant dispersion,
urban heat island phenomena, urban ventilation, indoor/outdoor thermal comfort,
and experimental/numerical techniques to analyze those issues.
Winds have a great influence on the outdoor
environment, especially in urban areas. Problems that they cause can be
attributed to either strong wind or weak wind issues. Strong winds around
high-rise buildings can bring about unpleasant, and in some cases dangerous,
situations for people in the outdoor environment. On the other hand, weak wind
conditions can also cause problems such as air pollution and heat island
phenomena in urban areas. Winds enhance urban ventilation and reduce those
problems. They also enhance natural ventilation in buildings, which can reduce
the energy consumption of mechanical ventilation fans and air conditioners for
cooling. Moderate winds improve human thermal comfort in both indoor and
outdoor environments in summer. Environmental wind engineering associated with
wind tunnel experiments and numerical analysis can contribute to solutions to
these issues.
