Abstract:
One of the main necessities for architects and urban planners is to provide residents
with open public spaces that have an adequate thermal comfort conditions and pedestrian
wind comfort conditions. Pedestrian wind comfort refers to the comfort level of pedestrians
regarding wind speed based on the activities expected in the designed outdoor space. The
problem that architects and urban planners face in studying wind comfort is the constant
changing in wind behavior according to the local climate and the microclimate. In order to
study wind behavior in an urban content, architects and urban planners use tools such as
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation software, which may present a prediction
of air movement within an urban area. In this thesis, a focused simulation-based study was
made on two residential complexes located in Hebron city in Palestine, i.e. King Abdullah
Ben Abdul-Aziz residential complex and Al-Nejmeh residential complex, where it aims to
evaluate the pedestrian wind comfort level in those residential complexes and analyze the
effect of buildings forms and layout on wind speed. Architects and urban planners may
enlightened through this evaluation by the illustrated methodology used in this evaluation
and the simulation software that maybe beneficial in such studies i.e. Ansys® Discovery
Live software. Results showed that some locations in the residential complexes were
considered uncomfortable regarding Lawson general wind comfort criteria, the use of
vegetation had significantly reduced wind velocity, making all locations within the comfort
level.
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CD , no of pages 125 ,31118, ماجستير معماري 1/2022
