GUST FACTOR CALCULATION

Data Required
Regional basic wind speed (m/s) Vb 44 REF. appendix A ,clause 5.2
Probability factor K1 1 REF. Table 1 , page 11 , IS 875(part 3)
Terrain and height factor k2 0.79 REF. Table 33, page 49 , IS 875(part 3)
Topography factor k3 1
Length of the structure along wind stream (m) l 45 length in X direction
Width of the structure normal to wind stream (m) b 30 length in Y direction
Height of the structure (m) H 126.3
Terrain category 3

ALONG X DIRECTION ALONG Y DIRECTION

Hourly mean wind speed at height h (m/s) Vz = Vh Vb x K1 x k2 x k3 34.76 m/s

T etab 4.51 4.51 Values from E tab

TIME PERIOD (sec) T cal ((0.09*H)/(SQRT(D)) 1.69449231334934 2.07532077038707
T max 4.51 4.51

Natural frequency of the structure (per second) fo 1/ (T max) 0.221729490022173 0.221729490022173

Lateral correlation constant Cy constant 10 10 constant REF. page 52, IS 875 (part 3)

Longitudinal correlation constant Cz constant 12 12 REF. page 52, IS 875 (part 3)

λ (Cy*b)/(Cz*H) 0.197941409342835 0.296912114014252

Reduced frequency (per second) Fo (Cz*fo*H)/Vh 9.66781401258934 9.66781401258934

gf - Peak factor , r - roughness factor gf.r 1.15 1.15 REF. fig 8 , page 50, IS 875 (part 3)

A measure of turbulence length scale L(h) 1500 1500 REF. fig 8 , page 50, IS 875 (part 3)

Cz . H / L(h) 1.0104 1.0104

Here Vh = Vz fo . L(h) / Vh 9.56830365458169 9.56830365458169

Background factor B 0.6 0.6 REF. fig 9 , page 50, IS 875 (part 3)

Φ 0 0

Size reduction factor S 0.175 0.175 REF. fig 10 , page 51, IS 875 (part 3)

Gust energy factor E 0.115 0.115 REF. fig 11 , page 52, IS 875 (part 3)

Damping coefficient β 0.016 0.016

Gust factor

G 2.56746835095641 2.56746835095641

l/b 1.5 0.666666666666667

H/b 4.21 2.80666666666667
Force coefficient for the building
Cf 1.25 1.25 REF. fig 4 , page 39 , IS 875 (part 3)
Cf max 1.25

Along wind load Fz Cf . Ae . Pz.G 3.20933543869551 .Ae.Pz

Ae = effective frontal area at ht z
pz = design pressure at ht z

modified k2 value 1.39 REF. table 33 page 49 and Table 2 page 12 , IS 875 (part 3)
input value 1.5