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Free Standing Privacy Fence - Wind Loading
I am a retired ME and we are working on a project for our mountain home.
Anybody here have experience with loadings associated with free standing fencing? This will be used in a forest area as privacy fencing.
Original design was an a-frame arrangement, using rusted steel roofing as panels and modular gabion (rock baskets) as ballast to prevent overturning in high wind conditions.
Looking for a better design that negates the bulk of the wind loading.
Something with either swinging panels that relieve air pressure, or a free hanging canvas tarp, attached only at the top of the a-frame.
These would allow the rigid panels, or tarp, to blow in the wind, thus relieving much of the forces associated with wind loading.
Any thoughts on how one would look at the associated wind loads with such a design?
Thanks in advance for your thoughts and comments.
John
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