INVESTIGATION OF THE WIND REGIME OF EXISTING RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS IN A HOT CLIMATE

Abstract

The article focuses on the microclimate of dense residential buildings in a hot climate and ensuring the wind comfort of people there. It considers the aeration of a complex built up with high-rise and low-rise residential and public buildings. The numerical simulation method is used in the ANSYS Discovery Live software package. The paper presents the analysis of the comfort of the wind regime on the territory of the residential complex with the allocation of aeration zones according to wind speed and gives recommendations to reduce stagnant aeration zones. It also considers the aeration of a residential complex improved by the installation of wind screens. The results obtained and the revealed patterns will help to better assess the architectural and planning solutions of residential buildings, including buildings within existing districts, in terms of the comfort of people staying in these territories.