DESIGN WIND LOADS ACCORDING TO BS 6399-2:1997

Simplified Hybrid Method

BUILDING PARAMETERS
Dynamic augmentation factor, C r 0.07 (Clause 1.6; Figure 3)
Type of building (Table 1)
Building type factor, K b 1 (Table 1)
Basic wind speed, V b 29.41 m/s
Span of building facing the wind, B, L 45 m
Span of building parallel to the direction of the wind, D 40 m
Effective height, H e 89 m (Clause 1.7.3)
Diagonal dimension of the building face considered, a 105 m (Clause 3.2.3.3.4)
Span ration, D/H 0.45

TOPOGRAPHY PARAMETERS 1.0 (Clause 2.2.2.2)

Altitude factor, S a 1.0 (Clause 2.2.2.3)
Direction factor, S d 1.0 (Clause 2.2.2.4)
Seasonal factor, S s 1.0 (Clause 2.2.2.5)
Probablity factor, S p (Clause 1.7.2)
Ground roughness categories km
Distance from sea

BASIC WIND SPEEDS

Site wind speed, V s = V b x S a x S d x S s x S p 29.41 m/s (Equation 8)

EFFECTIVE WIND SPEEDS

Fetch factor, S c 1.51 (Table 22)
Fetch adjustment factor, T c 0.91 (Table 23)
Turbulence factor, S t 0.116 (Table 22)
Turbulence adjustment factor, T t 1.30 (Table 23)
Gust peak factor, g t 2.38 (Clause 3.2.3.3)
Topographic increment factor, S h 0 (Clause 3.2.3.4)
Terrain and Building factor, Sb = Sc x Tc x {1 + (gt x St x Tt) + Sh} at Hr =89m 1.86 (Equation 29)
Effective wind speed, V e = V s x S b 54.70 m/s (Equation 27)

WIND PRESSURE PARAMETERS

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Dynamic Pressure,q = 0.613 V e 1834 Pa (Equation 16)
Scaling lengths, b min of (B or 2H) 45 m (Clause 2.4.1.3)

PRESSURE COEFFICIENTS
External pressure coefficients
Walls on front and back
Wind ward external coefficients, C pe 0.85 (Table 5)
Lee ward external coefficients, C pe -0.5 (Table 5)
Side walls
Corner case, Zone A = 0.2b -1.3 (Table 5)
Typical case, Zone B -0.8 (Table 5)
Corner case, Zone C Not Applicable (Table 5)
Internal pressure coefficients, C pi
Type of wall (Table 16)
Wind normal to permeable face 0.2 (Table 16)
Wind normal to impermeable face -0.3 (Table 16)

SIZE EFFECT FACTOR

Category A 0.81 (Figure 4)

NET PRESSURE
Wind-ward Wind Pressure 1709 Pa (Equation 24)
Lee-ward Wind Pressure -1040 Pa (Equation 24)
Corner case, Zone A -2229 Pa (Equation 24)
Typical case, Zone B -1486 Pa (Equation 24)
Corner case, Zone C Not applicable (Equation 24)