That makes sense. So essentially, I would design each column in the long wall to resist its own tributary width of lateral wind pressure, and provided that the columns can withstand the moments applied due to the wind - then these "frames" in the short direction (consisting of the exterior...
I am an engineering student focusing on structural engineering. For a design project this year, my group and I designed a very standard rectangular structural steel building (12 meters high, wide flange columns along the perimeter, one row of columns in the center, open web steel joists, braced...
