Wind on Walls of Low Rise Buildings
Wind on Walls of Low Rise Buildings
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Is there any software that computes wind pressures/suctions on walls of low rise buildings, and computes the corner effect widths "y" and "z" in accordance with the User's Guide to the National Building Code of Canada 2010? I see software on the internet that computes wind pressure/suction of low rise building roofs, but does not do walls; and there is software on the internet that does walls, but does not compute the "y" and "z" values, unless I missed them.






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ajk1, have you checked out the jabacus website? www.jabacus.com
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The SLS value has a different Iw than the ULS value. For wind Iw is 0.75 for all building categories. For ULS it ranges from 0.8 to 1.25.
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So I'm inclined to say that the program is spitting out the correct number it should be. Maybe they need to have a disclaimer that the load combination factors still need to be applied to the design pressures they give.
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I appreciate your comments, but sorry, I must respectfully disagree with you both. ULS has a specific and clearly defined meaning in structural engineering, at least it has in my 50+ years of structural engineering. The values in that table are not ULS values, and therefore ought not be labelled as ULS. I agree with you that the load factor should not be applied because it is a different load factor for companion loads, but I never suggested that it should be. That is why I said that the (incorrect) title should be changed, not that the values should be multiplied by a load factor. The change that I suggested would make everything clear...which has always been my goal when serving on technical committees.
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