Wind Loading Analysis Simple Building

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Wind Loading Analysis Simple Building - Engineers Edge

WIND LOADING ANALYSIS - Main Wind-Force Resisting System er ASCE 7-98 Code for Low-Rise Buildings with h <= 30' and Roof q < 10 deg. Using Method 1: Simplified Procedure (Section 6.4)

For Method 1: Simplified Procedure (Sect. 6.1) to be used for an enclosed or partially enclosed low-rise building to determine the design winds, ALL of the following 7 conditions MUST BE met:

1. The building is a simple diaphragm building, in which wind loads
      are transmitted through floor and roof diaphragms to the
      vertical Main Wind-Force Resisting System (MWFRS).
2. The building roof angle q < 10 degrees.
3. The building mean roof height, h <= 30 ft.
4. The building is a regular shaped building, having no unusual
      geometrical irregularity in spatial form.
5. The building is not classified as a "flexible" building, so it is
      considered "rigid".
6. The building structure has no expansion joints or separations.
7. The building is not subject to topographic effects (Sect. 6.5.7),
      thus Kzt = 1.0.