1997 Incorporating Aimendment No, 1 and Corrigendum No. 1 BRITISH STANDARD BS 6399-2: Corrected and reprinted June 2002 Loading for buildings — Part 2: Code of practice for wind loads os p1.08n.00 Gu gh British Standards of Bish Standacds NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAW. tS oval LH, an authoBS 6399-2:1997 ‘Thie British Standard, having been prepared under the diveetion of the Building and Civil Engineering Sector Board, was published undor the authonty of the Standard oad and comes into effect on 15 July 1997 BSI $1 July 002 Firat published (as CP 4) November 1944 Fist revision (as CP 8:Chapter V) August 1952 Pagtial ond revision (e6 CP3:Chapter V:Part 1) Deoember 1967 Completion of oeond revision (ga CP Chapter ViPast 2) Saly 1970 Published as BS 6399-2 August 1995 Second edition July 1997 The following BST xoforencoe relate tothe work on this standart Committee reference B/525!1 Draft for comment 96/103699 DC ISBN 0 580 27447 0 Committees responsible for this British Standard ‘The preparation of this British Standard was entrusted by Technical Committee B/525, Buildings and civil engineering structures, to Subcommittee 3/625/1, Actions Joadings anc! basis of design, upon which the fllowing bodies were represented British Constructional Steelwork Association Ltd. British Iron and Stoel Producers’ Association British Masonry Society Concrete Society Department of the Environment (Building Research Establishment) Department of the Environment (Property and Buildings Divectorate) Department of Transport (Highways Agency) Institution of Structural Engineers National House-building Couneil Royal Institute of British Architects Stee] Construction Institute Amendments issued since publication ‘Amd. No. Date (Comments 13392 [27 Maxch 2002 Indicated by a sideline in the margin 14009 31 July 2002 |Corrected Figure 40. Corrigendum No.1 1 roproduston producas by SAI GiBS 6399-2:1997 ———————— ane Contents Page Committees responsible Inside front cover Foreword 7 Ht iv Section 1. General LI Scope 1 1.2 Informative references 1 1.3. Definitions 1 1.4 Main eymbols 3 1.5 Outline of procedure for calculating wind loads 5 16 Dynamic classification 9 1.7 Site exposure 9 1.8 Choice of method un Section 2. Standard method 2.1 Standard wind loads 1B 22 Standard wind speeds 18 2.3 Standard pressure coefficients 30 2.4 External pressure coefficients for walls 30 2.6 External pressure coefficients for roofs 36 2.6 Internal pressure coefficients 58 2.7 Pressure coefficients for elements 85 2.8 Free-standing walls, parapets and signboards 56 Section 3. Directional method 3.1 Dizectional wind loads or 3.2 Directional wind speeds 65 3.3 Dixectional pressure coofficients 0 3.4 Hybrid combinations of standard and directional methods 97 ‘Annex A (normative) Necessary provisions for wind tunnel testing 98 Annex B (informative) Derivation of extreme wind information 98 Annex C (informative) Dynamic augmentation 101 Annex D (normative) Probability factor and seasonal factor 103 Annex E (informative) Terrain categories and effective height 105 Annex F (informative) Gust peak factor 107 Annex G (normative) Topographic location factor 109 Figure 1 — Flowchart dllustwating outline procedure 6 Figure 2—~ Basic definitions of building dimensions 8 Figwe $— Dynamic augmentation factor C 10 Figure 4 — Size eflect factor C, of standard method 16 Figure 5 — Definition of diagonal of loaded areas wv Figure 6— Basic wind speed Vj, (in m/s) 19 Figure 7 — Definition of significant topography 20 Figure 8 — Definition of topographic dimensions 2a Figure 9a — Topographic location factor s for hills and ridges 23 Figure 9b — Topographic location factor s for hills and ridges 24 Figure 10a — Topographic location factor s for cliffs and escaxpments 26 Figure 10b — Topographic location factor s for cliffs and escaxpments 26 Figure 11 — Division of buildings by parts for overall loads 29 Figure 12— Key to wall pressure data 31 OBST SLAY PORE ensed rap SAI Global Lid, at eutbontzas estimator of 8