Location

h
b
vb,map
Altitude A
vb,0

Town
20 m
40 m
2.15 m/s
60 m
Err:508 m/s

direction
Distance
Displacement height
x
have
hdis
z-hdis

0
200 km

Clockwise from due North. Leave blank to conservati

Distance from upwind to shoreline

30 m
15 m
12 m
m

Distance to closest building

average height of neighbour buildings. Take 15m in a
Displacement height. 0 if not town or conservatively

On

cr(z)
Cr,T
cseason
zmin
zs
ze
z-hdis

Terrain category.
Height of the building above ground
Building face total length
Fundamental basic wind velocity (Figure NA.1)
Altitude of the site in metres above mean sea level
Fundamental value of the basic wind velocity

Roughness factor (Sea/Country/Town) (Figure NA.3)

To multiply if location is City (Figure NA.4)
1.00
10 m
12 m
20 m
m

Use 1.00 unless temporary constructions (Table NA.2

Depends on the terrain category (Table 4.1 & NA.2.1

0.6h => zmin (Figure 6.1) or ze the height of the par
Reference height depending on h and b (Figure 7.4)

calt

1.06

Altitude factor. Define for z=0 conservatively. Check

cdir

0.78

Directional factor.

co(z)

Orography factor

1.226 kg/m3

above ground

d velocity (Figure NA.1)

metres above mean sea level
he basic wind velocity

rth. Leave blank to conservatively take 1,0 for cdir.

o shoreline

hbour buildings. Take 15m in absence of more accurate information.

if not town or conservatively (A.5)

Country/Town) (Figure NA.3)

s City (Figure NA.4)

rary constructions (Table NA.2)

category (Table 4.1 & NA.2.11)

.1) or ze the height of the part above ground (below)
nding on h and b (Figure 7.4)

or z=0 conservatively. Check for significant orography.

Directional factor cdir

Direction (
0
cdir
0.78
Note
Note
Note
Note

1
2
3
4

30
0.73

60
0.73

90
0.74

120
0.73

150
0.80

180
0.85

Interpolation may be used

The directions are defined by angles from due North in a clockwise direction
Where the wind loading on a building is assessed only for orthogonal load cases, the ma
Conservatively, cdir may be taken as 1.0 for all directions

210
0.93

240
1.00

270
0.99

300
0.91

330
0.82

360
0.78

direction
nal load cases, the maximum value of the factor for the directions that lie +-45 either side of the normal to

side of the normal to the face of the building is to be used

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Standards:
BS EN 1991-1-4 2005
BS NA EN 1991-1-4 2010