The nature and effects of windy conditions in a city are first discussed, recording meteorological data are introduced, and existing criteria for the acceptability of a wind environment with regard to pedestrian comfort are described. General features of wind-tunnel techniques are reviewed. A study of the wind environment at a specific site, the center of Charlotte, NC, is made by combining meteorological data taken at a nearby airport with results obtained from wind-tunnel tests conducted on a model of that specific site. Finally, conclusions are drawn concerning the consistency and applicability of currently used pedestrian comfort criteria. / Master of Science
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VTETD/oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/87109 |
| Date | January 1982 |
| Creators | Elzebda, Jamal M. |
| Contributors | Engineering Mechanics |
| Publisher | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
| Source Sets | Virginia Tech Theses and Dissertation |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis, Text |
| Format | viii, 99, [1] leaves, application/pdf, application/pdf |
| Rights | In Copyright, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
| Relation | OCLC# 9185721 |
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