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BASIC WIND SPEED Vb = 26 m/s

TERRAIN CATEGORY = 0

Zo = 0.003 m

Zmin = 1 m

BUILDING HEIGHT = 11.3 m SAY 11.5 m

BUILDING DEPTH = 11.3 m

TERRAIN FACTOR (Kr ) =


^ 0.07
Zo
Kr = 0.19 X
Zo II

^ 0.07
0.003
Kr = 0.19 X
0.05

WHERE ZoII = 0.05 m (TERRAIN CATEGORY -II TABLE-4)

Kr = 0.156

ROUGHNESS FACTOR Cr (z) =

Z
Cr (z) = Kr x In
Zo

FOR Zmin ≤ Z ≤ Zmax

11.5
Cr (z) = 0.156 X In
0.003

Cr (z) = 1.287

OROGRAPHY FACTOR Co(z) = 1.0

MEAN WIND VELOCITY Vm (Z) = Cr (z) x Co (z) x Vb

= 1.287 x 1.0 x 26

= 33.462 m/s
TURBULENCE INTENSITY Iv(z) =

Iv(z) = σv = K1
Vm(z) Co(z) X In (Z/Zo)

1.0
=
11.5
1.0 In
0.003

= 0.1210

PEAK VELOCITY PRESSURE =

qp (z) = [ 1 + 7 Iv (z) ] x 1/2 x ρ x Vm(z)^2

qp (z) = [ 1.0 + ( 7.0 x 0.1210 ) ] x 1 x 1.25 x 33.46 ^2


2

qp (z) = 1292.56 N/m^2


= 1.293 KN/m^2

WHERE AIR DENSITY = 1.25 Kg/m^3 (SECTION 4.5 NOTE -2 )

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