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Lawson Wind Comfort Criteria

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When running a Wind Comfort simulation, and aim to categorize data points based on Lawson's criteria, each data point will have a location and wind_speed attribute. Additionally, it can also contain a lawson_index that denotes which category the current value falls into.

Lawson index Category Wind Speed (m/s) Error Probability (%) Activity
0 X < 2.5 < 5 N / A
1 A > 2.5 < 5 Frequent Sitting
2 B > 4.0 < 5 Ocassional Sitting
3 C > 6.0 < 5 Standing
4 D > 8.0 < 5 Walking
5 E > 8.0 > 5 Uncomfortable
6 S > 15.0 > 0.022 Unsafe

(modified) Lawson LDDC comfort criteria1


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References


  1. Lawson Wind Comfort Criteria: A Closer Look, by Arnaud Girin on simscale.com (1st June 2023)