CALCULATION OF WIND LOAD FOR STEEL BUILDING

ACCORDING TO UBC CODE

Length of Building, (Normal to Wind), B 137.76 ft Wind
Width of Building, (Parallel to wind), L 73.8 ft
Height of Building, H1 14.76 ft
Eavh Height, H2 13.12 ft
Average Height, H 21.32 ft 6.5 m
Bay spacing, 20 ft

6.6 kn/m
Gable Column Spacing, 20.00 ft
Spacing of Purling 3.28 ft
Total Dead Load, DL 4 Psf
Total Live Load, LL 12.5 Psf
Wind Load, Vb 190 Km/hr
Co-efficient, Cc 4.72E-05
Importance factor, CI 1
Height & Exposure Co-efficient, Cz 0.429 Exp=A at Height H
Wind Pressure at height, H, q z 0.73 KN/m2
Guest Co-efficient at H, CG 1.57 Exp=A at Height H
Degree of Building, Ѳ 19.57 Degree
Average height & Length ratio, H/L 0.29
Length & Width Ratio, L/B 0.54
Co-efficient, Cpe for L/B (Windward Wall) 0.8 Windward Wall From table external Pressure coeffi
Co-efficient, Cpe for H/L (Windward Roof) 0.29 Windward Roof From table external Pressure coeffi
Co-efficient, Cpe for H/L (Leeward Roof) -0.7 Leeward Roof From table external Pressure coeffi
Co-efficient, Cpe for L/B (Leeward Wall) -0.58 Leeward Wall From table external Pressure coeffi
Side or End walls (Gable Wall), Cpe = -0.7 Gable Wall
Internal peak pressure coefficient, C' pi 0.25 Table 6.2.14 IF Opening is more than 10% then u
Hence internal pressure or internal suction = C' piqz 0.18 KN/m2

1) Design pressure for external forces plus internal suction, p = qzCGCpe+C'piqh

Pz for Windward Wall= CGCpeqz+ C'piqz 1.10 KN/m2
Pz for Windward Roof= CGCpeqz+ C'piqz 0.52 KN/m2
Pz for Leeward Roof= CGCpeqz+ C'piqz -0.62 KN/m2
Pz for Leeward Wall= CG*Cpe*qz+ C'piqz -0.48 KN/m2
Pz for Side Wall= CG*Cpe*qz+ C'piqz -0.62 KN/m2

2) Design pressure for external forces plus internal Pressure, p = qzCGCpe-C'piqh

Pz for Windward Wall= CGCpeqz+ C'piqz 0.74 KN/m2
Pz for windward Roof= CGCpeqz+ C'piqz 0.15 KN/m2
Pz for Leeward Roof= CGCpeqz+ C'piqz -0.99 KN/m2
Pz for Leeward Wall= CG*Cpe*qz+ C'piqz -0.85 KN/m2
Pz for Side Wall= CG*Cpe*qz+ C'piqz -0.99 KN/m2

ROOF DL 0.25 Kn/m2

ROOF LL 0.625 Kn/m2
Dead Load on Rafter, DL 1.50 KN/M 0.75 KN/M FOR END BAY
Live Load on Rafter, LL 3.75 KN/M 1.875 KN/M FOR END BAY
 Wind ward Leward

Eave Height
13.12 ft
3.1 kn/m -3.7 kn/m

Ѳ Degree

21 ft
-2.9 kn/m
15 ft
2100

Width of Building= 73.8 ft

From table external Pressure coefficients Cpe for roof at page6-40

From table external Pressure coefficients Cpe for roof at page6-40
From table external Pressure coefficients Cpe for roof at page6-40
From table external Pressure coefficients Cpe for roof at page6-40

IF Opening is more than 10% then use this or Use zero

Neg. sign indicate Upward pressure Local "Y" Direction

6.61 KN/m 3.303 KN/m Half for Exterior Panel
3.09 KN/m 1.547 KN/m Half for Exterior Panel
-3.72 KN/m -1.862 KN/m Half for Exterior Panel
-2.90 KN/m -1.449 KN/m Half for Exterior Panel
-2.79 KN/m -1.396 KN/m Half for Exterior Panel

Neg. sign indicate Upward pressure Local "Y" Direction

4.41 KN/m 2.206 KN/m Half for Exterior Panel
 0.90 KN/m 0.450 KN/m Half for Exterior Panel
-5.92 KN/m -2.958 KN/m Half for Exterior Panel
-5.09 KN/m -2.545 KN/m Half for Exterior Panel
-4.44 KN/m -2.219 KN/m Half for Exterior Panel

KN/M FOR END BAY

KN/M FOR END BAY
 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=CGCpeqz
>=0.10 -0.5 LINEAR INTERPOLATION
0.65 -0.6 (Y) Y1 Y2
Leeward wall 1 -0.5 pz=CGCpeqz 0.23 0.1 0.65
2 -0.3
>=4.0 -0.2
Side wall All values -0.7 pz=CGCpeqz

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 0.75 and -0.25
exceeds that of all other walls by 10% or more 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

Width =B
X1 X2 Cpe(X)
-0.5 -0.6 -0.524

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

I Essencial Facilities

II Hazardous Facilities

Special Occupancy
III
Structures

Standard Occupancy
IV
Structures

V Low Risk Structure

EXPOSURE
NAME

Exposure-A

Exposure-B

Exposure-C
CE FACTOR

PARTICULAR FACTOR

Hospital & other medical facilities, Fire & Police station, Central Water Tanks ,
Emergency vehicle shelters & garages, Cyclone & Flood center, Government 1.25
communication center

Structures containing Toxic & Explosive substances 1.25

Public Assembly >300 person, School, College, Medical with 500 resident, Jail
1
& detension facility, Power Plant, Public Utility.

All structures having occupancies or functions not listed above 1

Buildign Low risk to human life, Agricultural buildings, minor storage facilities,
0.8
temporary facility, costruction facality, Boundary wall.

EXPOSURE
PARTICULAR

Urban and sub-urban areas, industrial areas, wooded areas, hilly or 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 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 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
 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)
12 0.565 1.055 1.451 7.1 m
15 0.624 1.125 1.517 10.4 m
18 0.677 1.185 1.573 13.4 m
21 0.725 1.238 1.623 16.5 m
24 0.769 1.286 1.667
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)
12 1.457 1.233 1.107 7.1 m
15 1.418 1.215 1.097 10.4 m
18 1.388 1.201 1.089 13.4 m
21 1.363 1.189 1.082 16.5 m
24 1.342 1.178 1.077
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
EAR INTERPOLATION

Y1 Y2 X1 X2 Cz(X)
6 9 0.415 0.497 0.445
9 12 0.497 0.565 0.528
12 15 0.565 0.624 0.593
15 18 0.624 0.677 0.650

EAR INTERPOLATION

Y1 Y2 X1 X2 Gz(X)
6 9 1.592 1.511 1.562
9 12 1.511 1.457 1.486
12 15 1.457 1.418 1.439
15 18 1.418 1.388 1.403