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Wall Pressure vs Height

The wind force at each slab level would be

calculated for a 30 story high rise building,
located in Miami Dade County.
The building is 60 x 60 foot square and
10 feet per floor.
This building has been classified to be
enclose on a level surface, Category II
and Exposure C.

Floor

30
29
28
27
26
25
24

300

250

26

23
22
21
20
19
18

Velocity Pressure, qz
200

qz

71.43 lb/ft

2
Height, h (ft)

MFRS Total
Pressure

Main Force Resisting System

150

C&C Total
Pressure

Wind Pressure, p
Windward Wall
Leeward Wall
Total Pressure

35.87
-18.85
17.01

lb/ft2
lb/ft2
lb/ft2

100

Components and Cladding

Wind Pressure, p
Windward Wall
Leeward Wall
Total Pressure

50

29.58
57.11
86.69

lb/ft2
lb/ft2
lb/ft2

0
-50.00

0.00

50.00

Pressure, p (lb/ft^2)

100.00

17
16
15
14
13
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1

26th Floor

The wind forces would be calculated for a 30-story high rise

building at each slab level in Miami Dade County
Building data:
30 story high
60 X 60 foot square
10 feet per floor

The building is Category II and Exposure C

Enclose building

Height, h = qi =
300
(ft)
Wind Velocity, V =
146
(mi/hr)
Wind Directionality Factor, Kd =
0.85
Coefficient of velocity pressure exposure = Kz
Important factor, I =
1
Topographic factor, Kzt =
1
Gust effect factor, G =
0.86
Internat pressure coefficient, Gcpi =

qz = velocity pressure
qz = 0.00256 Kz Kzt Kd V^2 I (lbs/ft^2)
Main Force Resisting Systems
p = wind pressure
p = qGCp - qi(GCpi)
External pressure coefficient = Cp
windward wall
Cp =
0.8
leeward wall
Cp =
-0.5

Gust Factor Calculations:

G = 0.925 ((1+1.7*gq*I*z*Q)/(1+1.7*gv*I*z))

0.18

-0.18

Wind Direct. (Kd)

Building
0.85
Importance Factor.( I )
Category II
1
Exposure Category.( Kz )
Exposure C
1.59
Exposure Cat. ( Kzt )
Kzt=(1+K1*K2*K3)
Enclossure Category
Open
0
Partially
0.55
Enclose
0.18

Components and Cladding

p = wind pressure
p = qGCp - qi(GCpi)
Gcp

0.6

c
z=.6(h)
l

=1/5
B
h=
gq=gv

0.2
180
500
180
0.2
60
300
3.4

Iz
Lz
Q
G

0.150743
701.9751
0.841065
0.856548

Floor

qh

Kz

qz (1998)

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30

10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
110
120
130
140
150
160
170
180
190
200
210
220
230
240
250
260
270
280
290
300

0.85
0.9
0.98
1.04
1.09
1.13
1.17
1.21
1.24
1.26
1.29
1.31
1.34
1.36
1.38
1.39
1.41
1.43
1.45
1.46
1.47
1.49
1.5
1.52
1.53
1.54
1.55
1.57
1.58
1.59

39.43
41.75
45.46
48.24
50.56
52.41
54.27
56.12
57.52
58.44
59.83
60.76
62.15
63.08
64.01
64.47
65.40
66.33
67.26
67.72
68.18
69.11
69.58
70.50
70.97
71.43
71.89
72.82
73.29
73.75

Main Force Resisting Systems

Total
p (lb/ft2)
p (lb/ft2)
pressure
windward wall
leeward wall
(lb/ft2)
13.85
-24.62
-10.77
15.45
-24.20
-8.75
18.00
-23.53
-5.53
19.91
-23.03
-3.12
21.51
-22.61
-1.10
22.79
-22.28
0.51
24.06
-21.94
2.12
25.34
-21.61
3.73
26.30
-21.36
4.94
26.93
-21.19
5.74
27.89
-20.94
6.95
28.53
-20.78
7.75
29.49
-20.52
8.96
30.13
-20.36
9.77
30.76
-20.19
10.57
31.08
-20.11
10.98
31.72
-19.94
11.78
32.36
-19.77
12.59
33.00
-19.61
13.39
33.32
-19.52
13.79
33.64
-19.44
14.20
34.27
-19.27
15.00
34.59
-19.19
15.40
35.23
-19.02
16.21
35.55
-18.94
16.61
35.87
-18.85
17.01
36.19
-18.77
17.42
36.83
-18.60
18.22
37.15
-18.52
18.62
37.46
-18.44
19.03

Components and Cladding

Total
p (lb/ft2)
p (lb/ft2)
Pressure
windward
leeward wall
wall
(lb/ft2)
10.38
51.35
61.73
11.77
51.76
63.54
14.00
52.43
66.43
15.67
52.93
68.60
17.06
53.35
70.41
18.17
53.68
71.86
19.29
54.02
73.30
20.40
54.35
74.75
21.23
54.60
75.84
21.79
54.77
76.56
22.63
55.02
77.65
23.18
55.19
78.37
24.02
55.44
79.46
24.57
55.60
80.18
25.13
55.77
80.90
25.41
55.86
81.26
25.97
56.02
81.99
26.52
56.19
82.71
27.08
56.36
83.43
27.36
56.44
83.80
27.64
56.52
84.16
28.19
56.69
84.88
28.47
56.77
85.24
29.03
56.94
85.97
29.31
57.02
86.33
29.58
57.11
86.69
29.86
57.19
87.05
30.42
57.36
87.78
30.70
57.44
88.14
30.97
57.52
88.50

HELP
Use the drop down box to calculate the exact pressure of the windward wall,
leeward wall and total pressure at each story of the building.