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CODE OF PRACTICE
BSI CP3: Chapter V: Part 2: September 1972
BS 8118: Part 1: 1991

CALCULATION OF WIND LOADING

Basic wind speed, V = 280km/hr = 77.78m/s

Building: Ground + 6 floors

Parking at ground, no openings

Building height, h = 20.785m

Building length, l = 54.225 m
Building width, w = 13.7m

BSI CP3:
Chapter V:
Part 2: Wind Speed factors
September
1972

Clause 5.4 Topography factor S1 = 1 ( Inland building with no valleys)

Table 2

Table 3 Ground Roughness factor S2

Terrain category 3: Country with many windbreaks, small towns, suburbs of large
cities.

Clause Class A is adopted since wind action will be checked on all units of cladding,
5.5.2 glazing and their immediate fixings.

Note:
Mullions, transoms etc are part of the cladding. Class A category is used for the
calculations of these elements.

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Class A
H S2
2.785 0.64
5.785 0.713
8.785 0.761
11.785 0.816
14.785 0.876
17.785 0.919
20.785 0.955
Clause 5.6
Statistical Factor, S3 = 1.0
Clause 5.1
Design Wind Speed

Vs = VS1S2S3

Where V = 77.78 m/s, S1 = 1, S3 = 1

Clause 6
Dynamic pressure of the wind

q = kVs2 where k = 0.613

Class A
H (m) S2 Vs (m/s) q (kN/m2)
2.785 0.64 49.792 1.520
5.785 0.713 55.471 1.886
8.785 0.761 59.206 2.149
11.785 0.816 63.485 2.470
14.785 0.876 68.153 2.847
17.785 0.919 71.50 3.134
20.785 0.955 72.30 3.204

Clause 7.2 Pressure Coefficients

Table 7 External Pressure Coefficient, Cpe

Height of building, h= 20.785m

Largest plan dimension, l= 54.225 m
Shortest plan dimension, w= 13.7m

Building Height ratio, h/w = 1.52 , 3/2 < h/w < 6

Building plan ratio, l/w = 3.95, 3/2 < l/w < 4

A B

D
 Wind Cpe for surface
Local Cpe
angle, α A B C D
0 +0.7 -0.4 -0.7 -0.7
-1.2
90 -0.5 -0.5 +0.8 -0.1

Appendix Internal Pressure Coefficient, Cpi

8
Cpi = more onerous of +0.2 and -0.3
+0.2 - internal pressure (when building opened)
-0.3 – internal suction (when building closed)

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Cpe - Cpi

Wind angle, α = 0o
Cpi = 0.2 Cpi = -0.3
-0.9 -0.4

α = 0o α = 0o

0.5 0.2 1.0 -0.1

-0.9 -0.4

Wind angle, α = 90o

Cpi = 0.2 Cpi = -0.3
0.6 1.1

α =90o α = 90o

-0.7 -0.7 -0.2 -0.2

-0.3 0.2

Max Cpe - Cpi = 1.1

Clause 7.2 Load acting in a direction normal to the individual structural cladding unit

F/A = (Cpe - Cpi) q

 Class A
H (m) q (kN/m ) qmax = F/A= q(Cpe - Cpi) (kN/m2)
2

2.785 1.520 1.672

5.785 1.886 2.075
8.785 2.149 2.364
11.785 2.470 2.717
14.785 2.847 3.132
17.785 3.134 3.447
20.785 3.204 3.524