Gust Factor Method

GUST WIND LOAD CALCULATIONS

Total height of main structure of the building in

H = meters above Ground level
B = Breadth of a structure in the horizontal plane normal to wind direction
Maximum base dimension of building in meters
D = In a direction parallel to the applied wind force.
Time period of building /structure in along wind direction
Tx = (First Mode)
fax = l/T
Peak factor for resonant response
gR = √[2ln(3600Xfa)]
Damping Coefficient
β = Bolted Steel/RCC Structure
probability factor(risk coefficient)
k1 =
terrain roughness and height factor
k2 =
topography factor
k3 =
importance factor for cyclonic region
k4 = All other structures
Vb = Regional wind basic speed, for Mumbai
Vhd = Design Hourly mean wind speed at height z
= Vhd = Vb k1 k2 k3 k4
pz = wind pressure at height z
= 0.60 Vhd2
Kd = Wind directionality factor
Ka = Area Averaging Factor
Kc = Combination Factor
pd = Design Wind Pressure
= Kd Ka Kc pz
Lh = Measure of effective turbulence length scale at height h
Category 3
N = Effective reduced frequency
E = Spectrum of turbulence in the approaching wind stream
b0h = Average breadth of buiding between 0 to h
S = Size reduction factor
Hs = Height Factor for resonance response
gv = Peak factor for upwind velocity fluctuation
zoi =
Ih,i = Turbulence intensity at height h in terrain category i
r = roughness factor
Bs = Background Factor
ɸ = factor to account for second order turbulence intensity
Gust Factor
Gx = 1+r√([gv2.Bs(1+ɸ2)]+[Hsgr2SE/β])
= 69.8 m
= 12.12 m

= 29.59 m

= 3.765 Sec
= 0.266 Cyc/Sec

= 3.704846

= 0.02

= 1

= 0.95

= 1

= 1
= 44 m/s

= 41.8 m/s

= 1048.344 N/m2
= 0.9
= 1
= 1

= 943.5096 N/m2
= 138.1601

= 0.877893
= 0.096959
= 12.12 m
= 0.29953
= 2
= 4
= 0.2
= 0.171441
= 0.342882
= 0.943844
= 0.333116

= 3.800349
Category 1 0.002
Category 2 0.02
Category 3 0.2
Category 4 2

Structures o 1.3
Industrial st 1.15
All other str 1

Category 1 3
Category 2 3
Category 3 4
Category 4 4
Welded stee 0.01
Bolted Ste 0.02
Prestressed 0.016

Iz1 0.107659
Iz2 0.12892
Iz3 0.171441
Iz4 0.256484
Gust Factor Method

GUST WIND LOAD CALCULATIONS

Total height of main structure of the building in

H = meters above Ground level
B = Breadth of a structure in the horizontal plane normal to wind direction
Maximum base dimension of building in meters
D = In a direction parallel to the applied wind force.
Time period of building /structure in along wind direction
Tx = (First Mode)
fax = l/T
Peak factor for resonant response
gR = √[2ln(3600Xfa)]
Damping Coefficient
β = Bolted Steel/RCC Structure
probability factor(risk coefficient)
k1 =
terrain roughness and height factor
k2 =
topography factor
k3 =
importance factor for cyclonic region
k4 = All other structures
Vb = Regional wind basic speed, for Mumbai
Vhd = Design Hourly mean wind speed at height z
= Vhd = Vb k1 k2 k3 k4
pz = wind pressure at height z
= 0.60 Vhd2
Kd = Wind directionality factor
Ka = Area Averaging Factor
Kc = Combination Factor
pd = Design Wind Pressure
= Kd Ka Kc pz
Lh = Measure of effective turbulence length scale at height h
Category 3
N = Effective reduced frequency
E = Spectrum of turbulence in the approaching wind stream
b0h = Average breadth of buiding between 0 to h
S = Size reduction factor
Hs = Height Factor for resonance response
gv = Peak factor for upwind velocity fluctuation
zoi =
Ih,i = Turbulence intensity at height h in terrain category i
r = roughness factor
Bs = Background Factor
ɸ = factor to account for second order turbulence intensity
Gust Factor
Gx = 1+r√([gv2.Bs(1+ɸ2)]+[Hsgr2SE/β])
= 69.8 m
= 29.59 m

= 12.12 m

= 3.765 Sec
= 0.266 Cyc/Sec

= 3.704846

= 0.02

= 1

= 0.95

= 1

= 1
= 44 m/s

= 41.8 m/s

= 1048.344 N/m2
= 0.9
= 1
= 1

= 943.5096 N/m2
= 138.1601

= 0.877893
= 0.096959
= 29.59 m
= 0.22362
= 2
= 4
= 0.2
= 0.171441
= 0.342882
= 0.873165
= 0.320401

= 3.522404
Category 1 0.002
Category 2 0.02
Category 3 0.2
Category 4 2

Structures o 1.3
Industrial st 1.15
All other str 1

Category 1 3
Category 2 3
Category 3 4
Category 4 4
Welded stee 0.01
Bolted Ste 0.02
Prestressed 0.016

Iz1 0.107659
Iz2 0.12892
Iz3 0.171441
Iz4 0.256484