5 Story Wind Load on Building Surrounded by 3 Story Bldgs
5 Story Wind Load on Building Surrounded by 3 Story Bldgs
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I am designing a 25'X100', 5 story residential building,urban area, bearing cmu.brick building with a flexible open wood truss diaphragm. I am trying to apply Method 2 (analytical) of ASCE 7-02 but my building will not have wind pushing on the first three floors since it is surrounded at both, the north and south lot boundary lines. Anybody has been through this reasoning before?. Comments will be appreciated.






RE: 5 Story Wind Load on Building Surrounded by 3 Story Bldgs
Like I said I am not an Engineer but I do know what we take in to consideration in our office and how I lost an argument over about the same issue. You may be able to find a way to only calculate just the top two floors but I could not. By the way, I do win a argument from time to time.
RE: 5 Story Wind Load on Building Surrounded by 3 Story Bldgs
RE: 5 Story Wind Load on Building Surrounded by 3 Story Bldgs
RE: 5 Story Wind Load on Building Surrounded by 3 Story Bldgs
RE: 5 Story Wind Load on Building Surrounded by 3 Story Bldgs
RE: 5 Story Wind Load on Building Surrounded by 3 Story Bldgs
RE: 5 Story Wind Load on Building Surrounded by 3 Story Bldgs
Thanks all