<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Turbulence affects the human perception of wind, the wind-induced damage to buildings, the values of wind speeds measured by 3-cup anemometers, and so on. The wind environment assessment criterion proposed by the Wind Engineering Institute Co., Ltd. is based on the relationship between the mean wind speeds measured by 3-cup anemometers and the condition of surrounding terrain. This criterion does not consider the influence of turbulence. Considering the significant urbanization of large cities and the change in anemometers used for wind speed measurements, a new criterion of wind environment assessment that considers the effect of turbulence is required. The present study discusses such a criterion based on a wind tunnel experiment, the observation at various locations, and a questionnaire survey on the wind environment that was conducted with for the residents and pedestrians in Tokyo.</p></abstract>

Turbulence affects the human perception of wind, the wind-induced damage to buildings, the values of wind speeds measured by 3-cup anemometers, and so on. The wind environment assessment criterion proposed by the Wind Engineering Institute Co., Ltd. is based on the relationship between the mean wind speeds measured by 3-cup anemometers and the condition of surrounding terrain. This criterion does not consider the influence of turbulence. Considering the significant urbanization of large cities and the change in anemometers used for wind speed measurements, a new criterion of wind environment assessment that considers the effect of turbulence is required. The present study discusses such a criterion based on a wind tunnel experiment, the observation at various locations, and a questionnaire survey on the wind environment that was conducted with for the residents and pedestrians in Tokyo.

Criterion for Wind Environment Assessment with Consideration to the Effect of Turbulence

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Turbulence affects the human perception of wind, the wind-induced damage to buildings, the values of wind speeds measured by 3-cup anemometers, and so on. The...

Criterion for Wind Environment Assessment with Consideration to the Effect of Turbulence

Published Online: May 16, 2020

Page range: 5 - 22

Received: Jul 07, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.19.067.10718

Keywords
wind environment assessment, turbulence intensity, questionnaire survey, field observation, wind tunnel experiment

© 2019 Akinori Akahoshi et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Public License.

Criterion for Wind Environment Assessment with Consideration to the Effect of Turbulence

Published Online: May 16, 2020

Page range: 5 - 22

Received: Jul 07, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.19.067.10718

Keywordswind environment assessment, turbulence intensity, questionnaire survey, field observation, wind tunnel experiment

© 2019 Akinori Akahoshi et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Public License.

Keywords
wind environment assessment, turbulence intensity, questionnaire survey, field observation, wind tunnel experiment