Airflow in courtyard and atrium buildings in the urban environment: a wind tunnel study |
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Authors: | S Sharples R Bensalem |
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Affiliation: | * Centre of the Built Environment, School of Environment and Development, Sheffield Hallam University, Unit 9, Science Park, Howard Street, Sheffield S1 1WB, UK;** School of Architecture, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK |
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Abstract: | A wind tunnel study was carried out to investigate the airflow through courtyard and atrium building models located within an urban setting and exposed to an urban atmospheric boundary layer. Ventilation strategies resulting from the use of different courtyard and atrium pressure regimes (positive pressure and suction) were examined. The model buildings were monitored both in isolation and in idealised urban environments of varying group layout densities. The effect of wind direction was also observed. The results from the study suggest that the open courtyard in an urban environment had a poor ventilation performance whilst an atrium roof with many openings operating under a negative (suction) pressure regime was the most effective. Changing the wind direction from perpendicular to the building façades to a 45° incidence angle had the effect of making the differences in the observed flows between all the models much smaller. |
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