The document describes a 60m tall rectangular building that is subjected to wind loads. The building face is divided into three layers and wind pressure values are given for each layer: 781 N/m2 for the lower layer, 1264 N/m2 for the middle layer, and 1530 N/m2 for the top layer. The document asks to determine the resisting shear that the foundation must develop to withstand the wind load on the building.
The document describes a 60m tall rectangular building that is subjected to wind loads. The building face is divided into three layers and wind pressure values are given for each layer: 781 N/m2 for the lower layer, 1264 N/m2 for the middle layer, and 1530 N/m2 for the top layer. The document asks to determine the resisting shear that the foundation must develop to withstand the wind load on the building.
The document describes a 60m tall rectangular building that is subjected to wind loads. The building face is divided into three layers and wind pressure values are given for each layer: 781 N/m2 for the lower layer, 1264 N/m2 for the middle layer, and 1530 N/m2 for the top layer. The document asks to determine the resisting shear that the foundation must develop to withstand the wind load on the building.
The document describes a 60m tall rectangular building that is subjected to wind loads. The building face is divided into three layers and wind pressure values are given for each layer: 781 N/m2 for the lower layer, 1264 N/m2 for the middle layer, and 1530 N/m2 for the top layer. The document asks to determine the resisting shear that the foundation must develop to withstand the wind load on the building.
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TUTORIAL
A building that is 60 m tall has essentially the rectangular conguration shown in Figure.
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Horizontal wind loads will act on the building exerting pressures on the vertical face that may be approximated as uniform within each of the three "layers" as shown.
From empirical expressions for wind pressures at the midpoint of each of the three layers, we have a pressure of 781 N/m2 on the lower layer, 1264 N/m2 on the middle layer, and 1530 N/m2 on the top layer.
Determine the resisting shear that the foundation must develop to withstand this wind load.
