Effects of openings on the wind–sound environment in the traditional residential streets in a severe cold city of China

Yumeng Jin, Hong Jin, Jian Kang and Ziyue Yu
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Hong Jin: Heilongjiang Cold Region Architectural Science Key Laboratory; School of Architecture, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Jian Kang: School of Architecture, Harbin Institute of Technology, China; Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering, the Bartlett, University College London, UK

Environment and Planning B, 2020, vol. 47, issue 5, 808-825

Abstract: The streets in the traditional residential areas of severe cold cities in China often have openings leading to enclosed courtyards. These openings connect the street to the courtyard space, which affects the physical environment of the residential streets. This paper uses field measurements and numerical simulation to study the wind–sound environment in the street, comparing and analysing the effects of the existence, size and form of openings on the wind–sound environment in the street. The results indicate that both the average wind velocity and sound pressure level have some degree of reduction around the opening, with the difference of wind velocity reaching 1.0 m/s and the difference in sound pressure level reaching 0.5–1.6 dB. Additionally, the T 30 changes from 0.2 s to 0.4 s around the opening, while the average T 30 in the street also varies. Increasing the width of the opening by 1 m increases the influential range of the opening on the sound environment by 0.5–4 m. In contrast, the width of the opening has little effect on the sound pressure level and the T 30 . Compared with an entrance of the same width, a gap intensifies the fluctuation of the local wind velocity and causes the average T 30 to reduce by 0.3 s. The results of this paper lay a data foundation for further studies on the optimized design of the physical environment in enclosed residential areas.

Keywords: Traditional residential areas; openings along the street; wind–sound environment; numerical simulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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