Wind Load on Curved building
Wind Load on Curved building
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I am designing a three storey curved building, and cannot locate a method to determine the overall wind pressure on the building.
Can someone please give me a reference (book, paper etc...) which would outline how to calculate the wind loads
thanks
Alex
Can someone please give me a reference (book, paper etc...) which would outline how to calculate the wind loads
thanks
Alex






RE: Wind Load on Curved building
Outside the US- check building codes for your area.
RE: Wind Load on Curved building
Let us know if you find anything. Also what is the geometry of the building (approx radius, arc length, etc. )
EIT
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RE: Wind Load on Curved building
RE: Wind Load on Curved building
Looking ASCE "Guide to the Use of the Wind Load Provisions" ASCE 7-02, there is an example (example 3.11) which deals with a Dome roof building. They say "The walls of a round building are not specfically covered by the Standard. The values for the force coefficents for round tanks and chimneys from Figure 6-19 are used to determine the effect of the wall pressures on the MWFRS."
The University of Toronto actually scanned and posted the NBCC 2005 section of the above mentioned commentaries....
http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=wind...
RE: Wind Load on Curved building
Thanks for the advice. My main concern is not the round side, but the concave side when the wind is blowing perpendicular to it. See the attached sketch.
RFreund, I like you methodology, but was hoping for something more exact.
I was thinking to dust off my fluid dynamics text to see if it would have anything.
Does anyone have a book/article that will adress this loading situation?
thanks
RE: Wind Load on Curved building
RE: Wind Load on Curved building