WIND LOADS ON BUILDING USING DIRECTIONAL

PROCEDURE (By: Group 6, Plan B – Commercial/Recreational

Building)

Building Information:
Location: General Santos, South Cotobato
Topography: Homogeneous
Terrain: Flat, open
Dimensions: 16.28m x 9m (plan), height = 18m, flat roof w/ 1m parapets
Structural system: Walls w windows on all sides, RC moment frame, flat roof using RC slab

Item Calculation Procedure Reference

Occupancy category Standard Occupancy (IV) Table 103-1

Basic wind speed, V
Wind directionality, Kd
Exposure category
Topographic factor, Kzt
Fundamental, nat. freq.
Enclosure classification
Internal press. coeff., GCpi
290 kph or 80.5556 m/s Figure 207A.5-1C
Kd = 0.90 (bldgs. MWFRS) Table 207A.6-1
Exposure D Section 207A.7.3
Kzt = 1.0 (relatively flat) Section 207A.8.2
Low-rise bldgs. (rigid as defined in Sec. 207A.2) Section 207A.9.2
Partially Enclosed Section 207A.10
GCpi = +/- 0.55 Table 207A.11-1

Velocity press. expo., Kz or Kh based on Table 207A.11-1 Note 1 of

Table 207B.3-1
for Exposure D,
a = 11.5 and zg = 213.36m
at elevation z = h = 18m, Table 207A.9-1
Kz = 2.01(18/213.36)^(2/11.5)

Kz = Kh = 1.3075

Velocity press at z & h, Kz & Kh qz = qh = 0.613Kz*Kzt*Kd*V^2 (N/m^2) Eq 207B.3-1 for MWFRS

qz = 0.613(1.3075)(0.9)(80.5556)^2

qz = 4680.9732 N/m^2
similarly,
qh = 4680.9732 N/m^2 for h = 18m

Design wind pressure, p p = qGCp – qi(GCpi) Eq 207B.4-1 (rigid

bldg) where,
q = qz for windward wall
q = qh for leeward wall, side walls, roofs
Gust effect factor, G
Wall pressure coeff., Cp
leeward wall coeff. is a function of L/B values:
G = 0.85 (for rigid bldg) Section207A.9.1
windward wall = 0.8 Figure 207B.4-1
side wall = -0.7
by interpolation,
For wind normal to 9m, L/B = 0.55
L = 9m, B = 16.28m
Cp = -0.50
For wind normal to 16.28m, L/B = 1.81
L = 16.81m, B = 9m
Cp = -0.33

Therefore, the wall design pressure for MWFRS:

Windward wall:
p = (4680.9732)(0.85)(0.8) – (4680.9732)(+/-0.55)
p = 608.5256 -/+ 5757.5971 N/m^2
Leeward wall:
For wind normal to 9m:
p = (4680.9732)(0.85)(-0.5) – (4680.9732)(+/-0.55)
p = -4563.9489 -/+ 585.1217 N/m^2

For wind normal to 16.28m:

p = (4680.9732)(0.85)(-0.33) – (4680.9732)(+/-0.55)
p = -3887.5483 -/+ 1261.5223 N/m^2

Roof pressure coeff., Cp
Function of roof slope and the ratio h/L Figure 207B.4-1
For roof slope theta < 10deg and ratio h/L >= 1.0
First value:
Cp = -1.30 for distance 0 to h/2
Cp = -0.70 for distance > h/2

Second value:
Cp = -0.18 for distance 0 to end

The roof design pressure for MWFRS:

For 0 to h/2 (0 to 9m):
p = (4680.9732)(0.85)(-1.30) – (4680.9732)(+/-0.55)
p = -7747.0107 -/+ -2597.9401 N/m^2
For h > h/2 (9m to 18m):
p = (4680.9732)(0.85)(-0.70) – (4680.9732)(+/-0.55)
p = -5359.7144 -/+ -210.7144 N/m^2