APPLICATION OF INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY AND A KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEM TO THE EVALUATION OF THE PEDESTRIAN-LEVEL WIND ENVIRONMENT AROUND BUILDINGS

A convenient technique for evaluating the wind environment around buil dings in wind tunnel tests has been developed. Infrared thermography a nd a knowledge-based system are applied to this technique. The evaluat ion system developed in this study can be used effectively at an early design stage of a tall building development, e.g, when the cross sect ions and/or the arrangement of buildings are examined from the view po int of the pedestrian-level wind environment.