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Subject/Feature: Wind reference pressure calculation - Eurocode 1 (EN 1991-1-4) Checked By Date
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qp(z)= ce(z)*qb perEN199114Section4.5(1)Expression(4.8)

TheNationalAnnexmaygiveotherrulesforthedeterminationofq p(z).
Airdensity perEN199114Section4.5Note2Reccomendedvalueis1.25
= 1.25 kg/m3 OthervaluesmaybespecifiedbytheNationalAnnex
Fundamentalvalueofthebasicwindvelocity
vb,0= 30 m/sec ValuespecifiedintheNationalAnnex
Basicwindvelocitycalculation
cdir= 1 directionalfactor perEN199114Section4.2Note2Reccomendedvalueis1.0
OthervaluesmaybespecifiedbytheNationalAnnex
cseason= 1 seasonfactor perEN199114Section4.2Note3Reccomendedvalueis1.0
OthervaluesmaybespecifiedbytheNationalAnnex
vb=cdir*cseason*vb,0= 30 m/sec perEN199114Section4.2(1)PExpression(4.1)
Basicvelocitypressure
qb=1/2**vb2= 562.5 N/m2 perEN199114Section4.5(1)Expression(4.10)
Terraincategory: III perEN199114Table4.1
=> z0= 0.3 m; roughnesslengths
zmin= 5 m
Terrainroughness: perEN199114Section4.3.2
cr(z)=kr*ln(z/z0)forzmin<z<zmax perEN199114Section4.3.2(1)Expression(4.4)
cr(z)=cr(zmin)forz<zmin
z0,II= 0.05 m perEN199114Section4.3.2Expression(4.5)roughnesslengthforterraincat.II
zmax= 200 m perEN199114Section4.3.2Expression(4.5)max.roughnesslengthtobetakenas200m
0.07
kr=0.19*(z0/z0,II) = 0.2154 perEN199114Section4.3.2Expression(4.5)terrainfactordependingonz 0
Terrainorography: perEN199114Section4.3.1Note1
co(z)= 1 forflatterrainco(z)=1.0 forothertypesofterrainseesection4.3.3&AnnexA.3
Windturbulence perEN199114Section4.4(1)
kl= 1 turbulencefactor; recommendedvalueis1.0,othervaluesmaybespecifiedbytheNationalAnnex
lv(z)=kl/(c0(z)*ln(z/z0))forzmin<z<zmax perEN199114Section4.4(1)Expression(4.7)
lv(z)=Iv(zmin)forz<z min
Meanwindvelocity
vm(z)=cr(z)*c0(z)*vb perEN199114Section4.4(1)Expression(4.7)
Peakvelocitypressure perEN199114Section4.4(1)Expression(4.7)
qp(z)=ce(z)*qbwherec e(z)=[1+7*Iv(z)]*cr(z)*co(z)
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z (m) Iv (z) co(z) cr(z) ce(z) qp (z) (kN/sqm) 45
0 0.720 40
5Zmin 0.355 1 0.606 1.281 0.720 35
Height(m)

5.5 0.344 1 0.627 1.337 0.752 30

10 0.285 1 0.755 1.709 0.961 25
20 0.238 1 0.905 2.182 1.227 20
25 0.226 1 0.953 2.344 1.318 15
30 0.217 1 0.992 2.479 1.395 10
35 0.210 1 1.025 2.596 1.460 5
40 0.204 1 1.054 2.700 1.519 0
0.000 0.500 1.000 1.500 2.000
45 0.200 1 1.079 2.792 1.570
q(z)(kN/sqm)
50 0.195 1 1.102 2.876 1.618

References:
EN199114:2005Eurocode1:ActionsonstructuresPart14:GeneralactionsWindactions