Aerodynamic features of buildings with runways unit

Currently, opportunities are being developed and are being considered for using flying taxis in large cities due to promising types of air transport (Flying cars, passenger drones). In the second half of the twentieth century, projects for the development of helicopter transport were developed in the UK and the USA. Within the framework of this project, projects for heliports and buildings that interact with helicopter transport were developed in the UK. This experience is very important in the design of buildings with a runway unit, interacting with advanced air transport. Based on an analysis of projects in the UK and the USA, the authors developed experimental aerodynamic schemes of buildings with a landing unit. These projects were tested in the Virtual Wind Tunnel and implemented with the recommendations received by the authors at TsAGI (Central Institute of Aero hydrodynamics). In architectural design of buildings interacting with air transport, aerodynamics is the most important tool for shaping the spatial and compositional solutions of architectural objects. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.