CHAPTER 27: WIND LOADS ON BUILDINGS (MAIN WIND FORCE RESISTING SYSTEM, ROOF OVERHANGS, AND PARAPETS - DIRECTIONAL

PROCEDURE or TRADITIONAL PROCEDURE)

APPLICABLE FOR ENCLOSED AND PARTIALLY ENCLOSED BUILDINGS OF ALL HEIGHTS

MINIMUM DESIGN WIND LOADS

MINIMUM DESIGN WIND LOADS FOR ENCLOSED OR PARTIALLY ENCLOSED BUILDINGS SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN 0.77 KPA FOR WALLS & 0.38 KPA FOR ROOFS.

WIND DIRECTION

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APPLICABLE FOR WALLS AND FLAT ROOF, GABLE, HIP, MONOSLOPE, OR MANSARD ROOFS

A.1.
WIND LOAD PARAMETERS
Wind Speed, V 200 kph
Wind Speed, V 55.6 m/s
WIND DIRECTIONALITY FACTOR , Kd (Section 26.6) 0.85
EXPOSURE CATEGORY EXPOSURE B
TOPOGRAPHIC FACTOR, Kzt (Section 26.8) 1
GROUND ELEVATION FACTOR, Ke (See Section 26.9) 1
GUST-EFFECT FACTOR, G or Gf, See Section 26.11 0.85
ENCLOSURE CLASSIFICATION, See Section 26.12 ENCLOSED
INTERNAL PRESSURE COEFFICIENT, GCpi (section 26.13) ± 0.18
RIDGE HEIGHT, z 3.55 m
EAVE HEIGHT 2.55 m
HORIZONTAL DIMENSION. PARALLEL to WIND DIR., L 2.5 m
HORIZONTAL DIMENSION. Normal to WIND DIR., B 4 m
MEAN ROOF HEIGHT, h 3.05 m
ROOF ANGLE, θ 38.66 degrees
HIGHEST ELEV. OF PARAPET (IF ANY) 0 m

A.2. OCCUPANCY CATEGORY = CATEGORY I

A.3.DETERMINE EXTERNAL PRESSURE COEFFICIENT, CP or CN

VALUES OF WALL PRESSURE COEFFICIENTS, CP

SURFACE L/B CP USE WITH
WINDWARD WALL All values 0.8 qz
0-1 -0.5 qh
LEEWARD WALL 2 -0.3 qh
≥4 -0.2 qh
SIDEWALL All values -0.7 qh

WALL PRESSURE COEFFICIENTS, CP

SURFACE WIND DIRECTION L/B CP USE WITH
WINDWARD WALL ALL ALL 0.80 qz
┴ 1.6 -0.38 qh
LEEWARD WALL
║ 0.6 -0.50 qh
SIDEWALL ALL ALL -0.70 qh