Elevated Building - Wind Load Underneath
Elevated Building - Wind Load Underneath
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I have a 24'Wx72'Lx12'H building that is supported on columns elevated 16' above grade, so a building on stilts. The floor of the building will be conform deck with concrete supported by OWSJ's. The bottom of the OWSJ's will have a metal soffit panel to enclose the building, similar to a gas station canopy. My question is, what wind loading condition is on the soffit panels? My initial guess is that the air will flow under the building similar to how it will flow over the roof, so I was going to use C&C wind loads like a roof, but inverted, so the pressure would be away from the soffit panels towards the ground. Does this make sense?






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