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Wind Load Semi-Auto Calculation Sheet (ASCE 7, 2000)

Wf= Pf x Af Pf= (qz x Gf x Cf) Af=(H x D) qz= 0.00256 Kz Kzt Kd V^2 Iw (lb/ft2) V= basic wind speed I= important factor Kd= wind diretionality factor (0.85~1) Kzt= topographic factor Kz= exposure coefficient Cf= force coefficient, shape factor 0.7 to 0.9 Gf= gust response factor G= gust effect, AandB = 0.8, CandD= 0.85 p= 0.125 Z= Iz= Lz= Q2= Vref= Vz= Ni= Nh= Nb= Nd= Rn= Rh= Rb= Rd= R2= Gf= 0.6 c l 1 Lz 1.467 b f 4.6 4.6 15.4 7.465 1.667 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rn Rd 1 0 H 33 z 1 0.63 V Z Lz f f f Ni Nh e Nh e Nd e Rh 2 1 Z 33 0.63 0.167 De #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!

m/sec

33 1 h De De 1 1 -2 1 -2 1 -2 Rb g 7

a Vz Vz Vz 10.302 2 Nb 2 Nh 2 Nd 0.53 Iz Iz

Vref

Ni Nh2 Nb^2 Nd^2 0.47 0

t (ASCE 7, 2000)
Exposure category A B C D Structure categories Center of lager cities urban and sub urban areas, towns, city out -skirts genetally less than 10m coast, grassy plain , average height less than 1.5m miscellaneous coefficients b c m 0.2 0.45 54.864 0.45 0.3 97.536 0.65 0.2 152.4 0.8 0.15 198.12 type A B C D Gf 2.5 2.2 1.9 1.8

Exp A B C D

0.33 0.25 0.15 0.11

0.5 0.33 0,.2 0.125

Important factor 1 1.1 2 1 3 0.95 4 0.81

ents Zmin 18.288 9.144 4.572 2.134

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