This document provides a template for calculating wind load according to EN 1991-4, with a tabular form listing the variables needed such as basic wind velocity, terrain category, roughness length, height above ground, mean wind velocity, turbulence factor, and basic velocity pressure. The template is an excel sheet that allows calculating wind load values based on inputs for variables like wind speed, air density, height, and orography factor in accordance with EN 1991-1-4 standards.
This document provides a template for calculating wind load according to EN 1991-4, with a tabular form listing the variables needed such as basic wind velocity, terrain category, roughness length, height above ground, mean wind velocity, turbulence factor, and basic velocity pressure. The template is an excel sheet that allows calculating wind load values based on inputs for variables like wind speed, air density, height, and orography factor in accordance with EN 1991-1-4 standards.
This document provides a template for calculating wind load according to EN 1991-4, with a tabular form listing the variables needed such as basic wind velocity, terrain category, roughness length, height above ground, mean wind velocity, turbulence factor, and basic velocity pressure. The template is an excel sheet that allows calculating wind load values based on inputs for variables like wind speed, air density, height, and orography factor in accordance with EN 1991-1-4 standards.
A tablular form as below in excel is a useful tool
WIND VELOCITY AND VELOCITY PRESSURE
basic wind velocity vb 24.43 m/s
terrain category II roughness length z0 0.05 m minimum height zmin 2 m height above the ground z 20 m orography factor co(z) 1 mean wind velocity vm(z) 27.69 m/s turbulence factor kI 1 turbulence intensity Iv(z) 0.17 air density ρ 1.25 kg/m3 basic velocity pressure qp(z) 1041.69 N/m2
ALL CALCULATIONS ARE DONE IN ACCORDANCE TO EN 1991-1-4