WIND LOAD CALCULATION OF BUILDING FRAME

Long Direction
Importa Wind Sustained
nce speed Long Short Height wind Gust
Height factor Km/hr direc. direc. co-ef pressure Co-ef KN/m2
Story Level (m) Cc CI Vb Cp Cp Cz qz CG Pz
1st floor 3.3 0.0000472 1 190 1.2 1.5 0.3727 0.635 1.6478 1.256
2nd floor 6.6 0.0000472 1 190 1.2 1.5 0.4314 0.735 1.5758 1.390
3rd floor 9.9 0.0000472 1 190 1.2 1.5 0.5174 0.882 1.4948 1.581
4th floor 13.2 0.0000472 1 190 1.2 1.5 0.5886 1.003 1.4414 1.735
5th floor 16.5 0.0000472 1 190 1.2 1.5 0.6505 1.108 1.403 1.866
6th floor 18 0.0000472 1 190 1.2 1.5 0.677 1.154 1.403 1.942
7th floor 21 0.0000472 1 190 1.2 1.5 0.725 1.235 1.403 2.080
8th floor 24 0.0000472 1 190 1.2 1.5 0.769 1.310 1.403 2.206
9th floor 27 0.0000472 1 190 1.2 1.5 0.81 1.380 1.403 2.324
10th floor 30 0.0000472 1 190 1.2 1.5 0.849 1.447 1.403 2.436
11th floor 33 0.0000472 1 190 1.2 1.5 0.885 1.508 1.403 2.539
12th floor 36 0.0000472 1 190 1.2 1.5 0.92 1.568 1.403 2.639
13th floor 39 0.0000472 1 190 1.2 1.5 0.954 1.626 1.403 2.737
14th floor 42 0.0000472 1 190 1.2 1.5 0.986 1.680 1.403 2.829
15th floor 45 0.0000472 1 190 1.2 1.5 1.017 1.733 1.403 2.917
16th floor 48 0.0000472 1 190 1.2 1.5 1.046 1.782 1.403 3.001
17th floor 51 0.0000472 1 190 1.2 1.5 1.074 1.830 1.403 3.081
18th floor 54 0.0000472 1 190 1.2 1.5 1.101 1.876 1.403 3.158
19th floor 57 0.0000472 1 190 1.2 1.5 1.128 1.922 1.403 3.236
20th floor 60 0.0000472 1 190 1.2 1.5 1.155 1.968 1.403 3.313

GF
 Exposure A= Urban or Sub Urban Area
Long Direction Short Direction Exposure B= Air field, Open Park Land
Exposure C=Flat & Unobstructed Open area,
Coastel Area, River Sides
K/ft2 KN/m2 K/ft2
Pz Pz Pz Length
0.0262 1.57 0.0327
0.0290 1.74 0.0362 W
0.0330 1.98 0.0412 Wind dir. i
Building d
0.0362 2.17 0.0452 t
0.0389 2.33 0.0486 h
0.0405 2.43 0.0506
0.0434 2.60 0.0542
0.0460 2.76 0.0575
0.0484 2.90 0.0605
0.0508 3.04 0.0635
0.0529 3.17 0.0662 Wind dir.
0.0550 3.30 0.0688
0.0570 3.42 0.0713
0.0590 3.54 0.0737
0.0608 3.65 0.0760
0.0625 3.75 0.0782
0.0642 3.85 0.0803
0.0658 3.95 0.0823
0.0675 4.04 0.0843
0.0691 4.14 0.0863
INTERPOLATION

Cz
y y1 y2 x1 x2 x
3.3 21 24 1.363 1.342 1.487
 External Pressure Co-efficient Cpe for Walls L= Parallel to Wind Direction
Surface L/B Cpe For use with B=Normal To Wind Direction
Windward wall All values 0.8 pz=C GC peq z
>=0.10 -0.5 LINEAR INTERPOLATION
0.65 -0.6 (Y) Y1 Y2
Leeward wall 1 -0.5 pz=CGCpeqz 0.42 0.1 0.65
2 -0.3
>=4.0 -0.2
Side wall All values -0.7 pz=C GC peq z

External Pressure Co-efficients, Cpe for Roof

Windward Side
Wind direction Ѳ (degree)
h/L
0 10 to 15 20 30 40 50
<=0.3 -0.7 0.2/-0.9 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5
0.5 -0.7 -0.9 -0.75 -0.2 0.3 0.5
Normal to ridge
1 -0.7 -0.9 -0.75 -0.2 0.3 0.5
>=1.5 -0.7 -0.9 -0.9 -0.9 0.35 0.2
h/B or h/L<=2.5 -0.7
Parallel to ridge
h/B or h/L>2.6 -0.8

Table 6.2.14
Internal Peak Pressure Co-efficients for Buildings, C'pi
Condition C'pi
Percentage of total wall area occupied by openings in
one wall exceeds that of all other walls by 10% or more 0.75 and -0.25
and opeinings in all other walls do not exceed 20% of
respective wall area.
All cases ±0.25

Table 6.2.15
Overall Pressue Coefficients, Cp for Rectanglar Buildings with Flat Roofs
L/B
h/B
0.1 0.5 0.65 1.0 2.0 >=3.0
<=0.5 1.4 1.45 1.55 1.4 1.15 1.1
10.00 1.55 1.85 2.00 1.70 1.30 1.15
 20.00 1.80 2.25 2.55 2.00 1.40 1.20
>=40.0 1.95 2.50 2.80 2.20 1.60 1.25
Note: 1)These coefficients are to be used with Method-2 given in sec 2.4.6.6a(ii). Use
Cp=±0.7 for roof in all cases
2) Linear interpolation may be made for intermediate values of h/B and L/B

Table 6.2.17
Overall Pressure coefficients Cp for Moneslope Roofs Over Unenclosed Buildings and Structures

L/B
Degrees( Ѳ)
5 3 2 1 1/2 1/3 1/5
10 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.45 0.55 0.7 0.75
15 0.35 0.45 0.5 0.7 0.85 0.9 0.85
20 0.5 0.6 0.75 0.9 1 0.95 0.9
25 0.7 0.8 0.95 1.15 1.1 1.05 0.95
30 0.9 1 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.1 1
Location of centre of pressure, X/L, for L/B of:
2 to 5 1 1/5 to 1/2
10 to 20 0.35 0.3 0.3
25 0.35 0.35 0.4
30 0.35 0.4 0.45

Note: 1) Wind forces act normal to the surface and shall be directed inward or outward.
2) Wind shall be assumed to deviate by ±10 degrees from horizontal.
3) Notation:
B: dimension of roof measured normal to wind direction, meters
L: dimension of roof measured parallel to wind direction, meters
X: distance to centre of pressure from wind ward edge of roof, meters
Q: Angle of plane of roof from horizontal, degrees
 Length=L

X1 X2 Cpe(X)

Width =B
-0.5 -0.6 -0.558

oof

Height=h
Leeward
Side
>60
0.01Ѳ Length=L
0.01Ѳ (-0.7) for
all values
0.01Ѳ of h/L &
0.01Ѳ LINEAR INTERPOLATION
-0.7 Deg, (Y) Y1 Y2 X1 X2 Cpe(X)
-0.8 11.00 0 10 -0.7 -0.9 -0.920
BUILDING IMPORTANCE FACTOR

CATEGORY GENERAL PARTICULAR

Hospital & other medical facilities, Fire & Police station, Central
I Essencial Facilities Water Tanks , Emergency vehicle shelters & garages, Cyclone &
Flood center, Government communication center

II Hazardous Facilities Structures containing Toxic & Explosive substances

Special Occupancy Public Assembly >300 person, School, College, Medical with 500
III
Structures resident, Jail & detension facility, Power Plant, Public Utility.

Standard Occupancy
IV All structures having occupancies or functions not listed above
Structures

Buildign Low risk to human life, Agricultural buildings, minor storage

V Low Risk Structure
facilities, temporary facility, costruction facality, Boundary wall.

EXPOSURE
NAME PARTICULAR

Urban and sub-urban areas, industrial areas, wooded areas, hilly or

Exposure-A other terrian covering at least 20 percent of the area with obstruction
of 6meters or more in height and extending from the site at least
500meters or 10 times the height of the structure, whichever is
greater

Open terrian with scattered obstructions having heights generally

Exposure-B less than 10m extending 800m or more from the site in any full
quadrant, This category includes air fields, open park lands,
sparasely build-up outskrits of towns, flat open country and
grasslands

Flat and unobstructed open terrian, coastel areas and riversides

Exposure-C facing large bodies of water, over 1.5km or more in width. Exposure
C extends inland from the shoreline 400m or 10 times the height of
structure, whichever is greater
FACTOR

1.25

1.25

0.8
 Combined Height & Exposure Co-efficient, Cz

Height(m) Exposure A Exposure B Exposure C

3 0.368 0.801 1.196 LINEAR INTERPOLATION
6 0.415 0.866 1.263 Exp A
9 0.497 0.972 1.37 Height, h(Y) Y1
12 0.565 1.055 1.451 3.3 m 3
15 0.624 1.125 1.517 6.6 m 6
18 0.677 1.185 1.573 9.9 m 9
21 0.725 1.238 1.623 13.2 m 12
24 0.769 1.286 1.667 16.5 m 15
27 0.81 1.33 1.706
30 0.849 1.371 1.743
33 0.885 1.408 1.775
36 0.92 1.444 1.807
39 0.954 1.477 1.836
42 0.986 1.508 1.864
45 1.017 1.539 1.89
48 1.046 1.567 1.914
51 1.074 1.595 1.973
54 1.101 1.62 1.959
57 1.128 1.646 1.98
60 1.155 1.671 2.002

Gust Co-Efficient, Gz

Height(m) Exposure A Exposure B Exposure C

3 1.654 1.321 1.154 LINEAR INTERPOLATION
6 1.592 1.294 1.14 Exp A
9 1.511 1.258 1.121 Height, h(Y) Y1
12 1.457 1.233 1.107 3.3 m 3
15 1.418 1.215 1.097 6.6 m 6
18 1.388 1.201 1.089 9.9 m 9
21 1.363 1.189 1.082 13.2 m 12
24 1.342 1.178 1.077 16.5 m 15
27 1.324 1.17 1.072
30 1.309 1.162 1.067
33 1.296 1.155 1.063
36 1.283 1.149 1.06
39 1.272 1.143 1.056
42 1.262 1.138 1.053
45 1.252 1.133 1.051
48 1.244 1.129 1.048
51 1.236 1.125 1.045
54 1.229 1.121 1.043
57 1.222 1.118 1.041
60 1.215 1.114 1.039
Y2 X1 X2 Cz(X)
6 0.368 0.415 0.373
9 0.415 0.497 0.431
12 0.497 0.565 0.517
15 0.565 0.624 0.589
18 0.624 0.677 0.651

Y2 X1 X2 Gz(X)
6 1.654 1.592 1.648
9 1.592 1.511 1.576
12 1.511 1.457 1.495
15 1.457 1.418 1.441
18 1.418 1.388 1.403