Air velocity behaviour at tropical urban plazas adjacent to tall buildings: a case study of Kuala Lumpur

The paper presents the air velocity field experiments at three tropical urban plazas adjacent to tall buildings (PATB) in Kuala Lumpur. The built-up of Kuala Lumpur City especially the central business areas with its high density of tall structures, reduces the wind speed due to the friction effect....

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Main Authors:	Abdul Majid, Noor Hanita, Sapian, Abdul Razak
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	Malaysian Institute of Energy and Malaysia Energy Centre 2000
Subjects:	NA100 Architecture and the state
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/29088/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/29088/1/Binder1.pdf

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spelling	iium-290882013-09-26T01:32:37Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/29088/ Air velocity behaviour at tropical urban plazas adjacent to tall buildings: a case study of Kuala Lumpur Abdul Majid, Noor Hanita Sapian, Abdul Razak NA100 Architecture and the state The paper presents the air velocity field experiments at three tropical urban plazas adjacent to tall buildings (PATB) in Kuala Lumpur. The built-up of Kuala Lumpur City especially the central business areas with its high density of tall structures, reduces the wind speed due to the friction effect. At the plazas adjacent to tall buildings, the air velocity varies accordingly to the geometry of the PATBs. The three different geometry of PATBs analysed in this paper are: plaza on the side of tall building, plaza surrounded by tall buildings and plaza underneath tall building. These typologies are three main PATBs available in Kuala Lumpur. Utilising the data from these study locations, the effect of the typologies on the air velocity measurements are studied. Wind flow at the PATB can contribute in lowering the temperature and humidity, thus making the PATBs more comfortable. This paper also discusses the air velocity data from the field measurement in comparison to the data from the Petaling Jaya Meteorological Service Station, which is also representative of the urban location. The comparison exercise is to reduce the differences due to the unique of different PATBs. Malaysian Institute of Energy and Malaysia Energy Centre 2000-10-23 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/29088/1/Binder1.pdf Abdul Majid, Noor Hanita and Sapian, Abdul Razak (2000) Air velocity behaviour at tropical urban plazas adjacent to tall buildings: a case study of Kuala Lumpur. In: Sustainable Environment Architecture (SENVAR), 23-24 October 2000, Surabaya, Indonesia.
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spellingShingle	NA100 Architecture and the state Abdul Majid, Noor Hanita Sapian, Abdul Razak Air velocity behaviour at tropical urban plazas adjacent to tall buildings: a case study of Kuala Lumpur
description	The paper presents the air velocity field experiments at three tropical urban plazas adjacent to tall buildings (PATB) in Kuala Lumpur. The built-up of Kuala Lumpur City especially the central business areas with its high density of tall structures, reduces the wind speed due to the friction effect. At the plazas adjacent to tall buildings, the air velocity varies accordingly to the geometry of the PATBs. The three different geometry of PATBs analysed in this paper are: plaza on the side of tall building, plaza surrounded by tall buildings and plaza underneath tall building. These typologies are three main PATBs available in Kuala Lumpur. Utilising the data from these study locations, the effect of the typologies on the air velocity measurements are studied. Wind flow at the PATB can contribute in lowering the temperature and humidity, thus making the PATBs more comfortable. This paper also discusses the air velocity data from the field measurement in comparison to the data from the Petaling Jaya Meteorological Service Station, which is also representative of the urban location. The comparison exercise is to reduce the differences due to the unique of different PATBs.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Abdul Majid, Noor Hanita Sapian, Abdul Razak
author_facet	Abdul Majid, Noor Hanita Sapian, Abdul Razak
author_sort	Abdul Majid, Noor Hanita
title	Air velocity behaviour at tropical urban plazas adjacent to tall buildings: a case study of Kuala Lumpur
title_short	Air velocity behaviour at tropical urban plazas adjacent to tall buildings: a case study of Kuala Lumpur
title_full	Air velocity behaviour at tropical urban plazas adjacent to tall buildings: a case study of Kuala Lumpur
title_fullStr	Air velocity behaviour at tropical urban plazas adjacent to tall buildings: a case study of Kuala Lumpur
title_full_unstemmed	Air velocity behaviour at tropical urban plazas adjacent to tall buildings: a case study of Kuala Lumpur
title_sort	air velocity behaviour at tropical urban plazas adjacent to tall buildings: a case study of kuala lumpur
publisher	Malaysian Institute of Energy and Malaysia Energy Centre
publishDate	2000
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/29088/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/29088/1/Binder1.pdf
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Air velocity behaviour at tropical urban plazas adjacent to tall buildings: a case study of Kuala Lumpur

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