Citation

Penwarden AD, Grigg PF, Rayment R. Build. Environ. 1978; 13(2): 75-84.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1978, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/0360-1323(78)90026-4

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This report describes an experiment in which measurements were made of the wind drag on 331 people standing in turn in a wind tunnel. The results were analysed in terms of projected areas and drag coefficients, as is customary with wind tunnel measurements. Areas were then expressed as ratios to a person's total body surface area, calculated from weight and height. It was found that these area ratios and the drag coefficients could be related to the type of clothing, and eight categories were selected. The results thus provide a simple way of estimating the wind drag on a person for a known windspeed if his weight, height and type of cloting are known.

Language: en