9.

ASCE Wind Loads

km m
Basic wind speed V  120 V  33.333 V  74.565mph

hr s
Exposure category Expoure = C

Importance factor I  1.15

Topograpic factor Kzt  1.0

Gust factor G  0.85

Wind directionality factor Kd  0.85

2
    0.681 kN
N V
Static wind pressure q s  0.613 
2 m 2
m   m
 s 
Velocity pressure coefficients

zg  274m α  9.5 (For exposure C)

2
α
max( z4.6m) 
Kz( z)  2.01   Kz( 10m)  1.001
 zg


Velocity wind pressure

kN
q z( z)  q s  Kz( z)  Kzt I Kd q z( 10m)  0.667
2
m

Design wind pressure

 
p z zCp  q z( z)  G Cp

Dimension of building in plan

B  6m 3  18 m

L  4m 5  20 m

L
λ   1.111
B

External pressure coefficients

Cp.windward  0.8

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  0   0.5  
   0.5  
 1    
Cp.leeward  linterp 2   0.3  λ  0.478
 4   0.2  
    
 40   0.2  

Cp.side  0.7

Floor heights

 3.5m 
 
 3.5m 
 3.5m 
H   3.5m 
 
H  reverse ( H) h 
 H  24.5 m
 3.5m  ORIGIN  1
 3.5m 
 3.5m  n  rows( H)  7
 

Wind forces
i H  24.5 

i
i  1  n a 
i
H 
k  22.75 
k1
2
 
 19.25 
 15.75 
a
n 1

H reverse ( a)   m
 12.25 
 8.75 
 5.25 
 
 1.75 
Bwindward  6m Bleeward  6m

Bside  4m

a
 i 1
Pwindward  
i a

p z z Cp.windward dz Bwindward 
i

i

Pleeward  p z h Cp.leeward  a
i 1 
 a  Bleeward
i 

i

Pside  p z h Cp.side  a
i 1 
 a  Bside
i 

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  5.70 3.43 3.35 
 
 11.13 6.86 6.71 
 10.71 6.86 6.71 
reverse  augment Pwindward Pleeward Pside    10.21 6.86 6.71   kN
 
 9.61 6.86 6.71 
 8.81 6.86 6.71 
 8.10 
 6.86 6.71 

Alternative ways

i  1  n
i
b 
i  H
k
k 1

i 
i 
Prectangle  p z b Cp.windward  a
i 1 
 a  Bwindward
i

  
p z a Cp.windward  p z a Cp.windward
i 1   a  a B
 i1 i windward
i
Ptrapezium 
i 2

 5.70 5.75 5.70 

 
 11.13 11.13 11.12 
 10.71 10.71 10.70 
reverse  augment Pwindward Prectangle Ptrapezium    10.21 10.22 10.20  kN
 
 9.61 9.62 9.59 
 8.81 8.83 8.78 
 8.10 
 8.08 8.20 

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