Can someone give me an aerial view description of the differences between the following standards, with respect to wind? Are there any real differences?
-BS6399 Part-2
-ANSI/ASCE 7-05
-UBC'91 & '97
-IBC 2003
I'm looking for information as it relates to gas process equipment and related...
I'm looking for a method to determine the allowable external forces & moments for nozzles on flat-sided vessels analogous to the methos for cylindrical vessels in the Pressure Vessel Handbook (Megyesy) [13th Ed., pp 153-158].
I considered using the Megyesy cylinder method, driving the vessel...