ASCE 37-02 & 7-10
ASCE 37-02 & 7-10
(OP)
Does anyone know if I can use the reduction to the basic wind speed for short duration construction projects that's given in ASCE 37-02 Section 6.2.1? It specifically references that the wind speed to be reduced comes from ASCE 7-95 and there doesn't appear to be a newer version that references ASCE 7-10.
Thanks again folks.
Thanks again folks.






RE: ASCE 37-02 & 7-10
It's curious that the abstract at the beginning of ASCE 37-02 says that the standard is suitable for use with either strength design or allowable stress design criteria. At first blush, I wasn't able to find any specific provisions in Section 6.2.1 that appeared to address this.
RE: ASCE 37-02 & 7-10
RE: ASCE 37-02 & 7-10
For instance,
Vdesign 7-95 = 120 mph
Vdesign 7-10 = 150 mph
Construction Period Factor = 0.75 (Less than 6 weeks)
Based on ASCE 7-95,
Vconstruction = 0.75*120mph = 90 mph
Based on ASCE 7-10 (ASD),
Vconstruction = 0.75*(150 mph/SQRT(1.6)) ~90 mph
RE: ASCE 37-02 & 7-10