Sadig Hassan, Seif El Din

English

This thesis is an attempt to develop measures of wind that are related
to the design of built form. On account of their theoretical nature,
descriptions of flow in fluid dynamics'are unsuitable in relation to
the design problem'. Here, the measures are identified as the exposure,
the non-uniformity and the spatial distribution of the exposure.

Through an extensive experimental programme, these aspects of flow were
computed for simple model arrangements. To select the most suitable
measure, a number of formulations were used in the computations, and
the most appropriate measure was selected, according to criteria of
economy of data, independence of sample size and sensitivity to change
in form. The selected formulations for each of the three measures were
transformed into their counterparts and combined in the synthesis of an
Environmental Wind Index. The Index could prove of great value in the
morphological study of wind flow and built form on account of its comprehensive
yet concise formulation; the'Index is also potentially of
great value in design on an-evaluative approach or a form-generative
one. The development of the Environmental Wind Index made it convenient
to use a, simple two-dimensional plane of measurements, but its application
in real design-situations is also considered. Two methodological'models
of design with wind are suggested

Sadig Hassan, Seif ElDin

Edinburgh Research Archive

The morphology of wind flow and built form : A development of design orientated measures of wind in relation to the environmental aspects of wind flow in built form

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The morphology of wind flow and built form : A development of design orientated measures of wind in relation to the environmental aspects of wind flow in built form

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