An example problem on wind load calculation according to

NSCP 2010 ;)
A 20-meter-high square-plan five-storey building with flat roof and 4m-high floors, located
in Makati CBD, has sides of 10 meters length each, and a large open front door on the first
floor that is 2m x 2m in dimension. Assuming that G = 0.85 and that torsion is negligible,
1. Show how this maybe is an open, partially enclosed, or enclosed building.
2. Determine the internal pressure coefficients.
3. Determine the external pressure coefficients for the design of main girders and shear
walls.
4. Determine the base reactions due to along-wind loads acting on the front wall of the
building.

1. The building satisfies all definitions of a partially enclosed building (NSCP 2010 Section 207.2).

2. The internal pressure coefficients for a partially enclosed building (GCpi) are +/- 0.55 (NSCP Figure
207-5).

3. The external pressure coefficients on MWFRS (from NSCP 2010 Figure 207-6) are as follows:
- windward wall, Cp = 0.8
- leeward wall, Cp = -0.5 since L = 10m, B = 10m, and L/B = 1
- side walls, Cp = -0.7
- whole roof, Cp = -1.04 or -0.18 since h = 20m, h/L = 2, L <= h/2 = 10m, and Roof Area = 100 sq.m > 93
sq.m

4. The base reactions can be calculated after we calculate the design wind force at each level. However,
taking x = along-wind direction, y = across-wind direction, z = vertical direction, we already can deduce
that Vy = 0, and Mx = 0. Additionally, Mz is given as zero. We only need to estimate Vx, Vz, and My.

To calculate the design wind force at each level, we need to multiply net design wind pressures at each
level with tributary areas. To get net design wind pressures, we calculate pressures on both windward and
leeward faces. On each face, we need to calculate the net of external and internal pressures. To get
external and internal pressures, we need first to calculate the velocity pressures at each level. To calculate
by hand, it is easiest to do this in table form but with a computer, a spreadsheet makes it much easier:

Assume: Exposure Terrain Category B Case 2, Iw = 1.0, Kd = 0.85, Kzt = 1.0, V =

200 kph
Windward wall pz (kPa) Leeward wall pz (kPa)
z (m) Kz qz (kPa) with +Gcpi with -Gcpi with +Gcpi with -Gcpi
20 0.88 1.42 0.18 1.75 -1.38 0.18
16 0.82 1.32 0.12 1.68 -1.38 0.18
12 0.76 1.22 0.05 1.61 -1.38 0.18
8 0.67 1.08 -0.05 1.52 -1.38 0.18
4 0.57 0.92 -0.16 1.41 -1.38 0.18
0 0.57 0.92 -0.16 1.41 -1.38 0.18
Net along wind pressures Net along wind loads Fz Base bending moment
pz (kPa) Afz (sqm) (kN) contribution My,z (kNm)
with +Gcpi with -Gcpi with +Gcpi with -Gcpi with +Gcpi with -Gcpi
1.56 1.57 20 31 31 620 620
1.5 1.5 40 60 60 960 960
1.43 1.43 40 57 57 684 684
1.33 1.34 40 53 54 424 432
1.22 1.23 40 49 49 196 196
1.22 1.23 20 24 25 0 0
Vx (kN) = 274 276
2884 2892
My (kNm) =

Roof loads 1, p Roof loads 2, p Vz = Roof Vz = Roof

Af,roof (kPa) (kPa) loads 1 (kN) loads 2 (kN)
(sqm) with with - with with – with with - with with -
+Gcpi Gcpi +Gcpi Gcpi +Gcpi Gcpi +Gcpi Gcpi
100 -2.04 -0.47 -1 0.56 -204 -47 -100 56
Vz (kN) =
-204 56