While the wind vanes themselves will be causing some of the turbulence, it's a great representation of just how turbulent wind is around buildings...
http://www.treehugger.com/urban-design/windswept-installation-charles-sowers.html
A great demonstration of turbulence on the face of a building
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There is some interesting stuff about the flow of air around tall buildings here (and following posts):
http://forum.weatherzone.com.au/ubbthreads.php/topics/42381/Re_Indoor_Climate#Post42381"The funneling at Monash is also very interesting in terms of what happens when a northerly wind blows against the east-west running Menzies Building."
"Yeah the wind funneling around the building is quite interesting. Ive done some modelling of air flows around the building which show the influence of the building on the surrounding environment quite well. A northerly wind produces a very nice vortice between the campus center (north of the Menzies Building) and the Menzies Building where the prevailing northerly wind intercepts the north face, splits into three streams: one funneling down the face of the building towards the ground creating the vortex, the second flowing up and over the building and the remainder of the wind flowing parallel with the face towards both the east and the west."
Regarding the video in the Opening Post: For the time being I am totally frustrated by video clips labelled "vimeo". I can't play them.
There is an option on the screen "Turn HD off" which helps a very little bit. I have concluded that my 3-year old system and internet connection is roughly 1000 times too slow to play "vimeos".Posted Monday 12 Nov 2012 @ 3:37:52 am from IP #
