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Actual length of the upwind slope in the wind

L =
direction,
=
Z = Effective height of the topography feature,
=
θs = Upwind slope in the direction
=
C = 0.36
S0 = 0.4
k4 = 1 Importance Factor- Cl.6.3.4
Vz,H = k2,iVb
k2,i = 0.1423[ln(z/z0,i)]*(z0,i)0.0706
z =
z0,i = 0.2 m
Vb = 36

Turbulance intensity: (see 6.5)


Terrian
zo (m) Iz,i gv
category
1 0.002 0.143 3
2 0.02 0.172 3
3 0.2 0.231 4
4 2 0.347 4

Cf,z = the drag force coefficient of the structure corresponding to the area Az

a/b 5.00 (See 7.4.2, fig. 4) page-39


h/b 5
= 1.75

G = Gust Factor
= 1+r√[g 2 v *B s (1+ϕ) 2 +H s g 2 R SE/b]

r = roughness factor which is twice the longitudinal turbulence intensity, Ih,i


= 2*Ih,i
a) Terrain catogary 1
I z,1 = 0.3507-0.0535*log 10 (z/z 0,1 )
b) Terrain catogary 2
I z,2 = I z,1 +1/7(I z,4 - I z,1 )
c) Terrain catogary 3
I z,3 = I z,1 +3/7(I z,4 - I z,1 )
d) Terrain catogary 4
I z,4 = 0.466-0.135*8*log 10 (z/z 0,4 )
= 0.231
= 0.461

gv = peak factor for upwind velocity fluctuation,


= 3.0 for catogary 1 and 2 terrains, and

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