PORTAL METHOD FOR WIND LOADS

UNIT WIND PRESSURE

height
wind
zone-ft
pressure-psf
>30
15
30-49
20
50-99
25
100-499
30
500-1199
35
1200 & >
40
BENT WITH EQUAL SPANAPPLICABLE FACTORS
2
1.5
3
1
4
0.75
5
0.6
6
0.5
7
0.4286
8
0.375
no. of spans for exterior columns

3.00
exterior column

floor
roof
20
19
18
17
16
15
14
13
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
basement

storey
height
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10

wind
panel
load
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0

total wind
load
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21

interior column

VE

sum VE

KE

VI

sum VI

0.17
0.33
0.50
0.67
0.83
1.00
1.17
1.33
1.50
1.67
1.83
2.00
2.17
2.33
2.50
2.67
2.83
3.00
3.17
3.33
3.50

0.17
0.50
0.83
1.17
1.50
1.83
2.17
2.50
2.83
3.17
3.50
3.83
4.17
4.50
4.83
5.17
5.50
5.83
6.17
6.50
6.83

0.83
1.67
2.50
3.33
4.17
5.00
5.83
6.67
7.50
8.33
9.17
10.00
10.83
11.67
12.50
13.33
14.17
15.00
15.83
16.67
17.50

0.33
0.67
1.00
1.33
1.67
2.00
2.33
2.67
3.00
3.33
3.67
4.00
4.33
4.67
5.00
5.33
5.67
6.00
6.33
6.67
7.00

0.33
1.00
1.67
2.33
3.00
3.67
4.33
5.00
5.67
6.33
7.00
7.67
8.33
9.00
9.67
10.33
11.00
11.67
12.33
13.00
13.67

nterior column
KI

1.67
3.33
5.00
6.67
8.33
10.00
11.67
13.33
15.00
16.67
18.33
20.00
21.67
23.33
25.00
26.67
28.33
30.00
31.67
33.33
35.00