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    9.1 Wind Loads Using ASCE Standard 7-93

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    This document summarizes Chapter 9 of ASCE Standard 7-93, which contains methods for computing wind loads on buildings. It describes how wind loads depend on factors like wind speed, terrain, and building shape and height. Tall buildings often require wind tunnel tests to determine accurate wind loads, which may exceed code minimums. The standard provides detailed information and formulas to calculate wind loads in different locations or perform a more accurate assessment than assumed code values. This application uses inputs like building dimensions, wind speed, and exposure to compute wind pressures and loads at various heights for square or rectangular buildings with flat roofs.

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    This document summarizes Chapter 9 of ASCE Standard 7-93, which contains methods for computing wind loads on buildings. It describes how wind loads depend on factors like wind speed, terrain, and building shape and height. Tall buildings often require wind tunnel tests to determine accurate wind loads, which may exceed code minimums. The standard provides detailed information and formulas to calculate wind loads in different locations or perform a more accurate assessment than assumed code values. This application uses inputs like building dimensions, wind speed, and exposure to compute wind pressures and loads at various heights for square or rectangular buildings with flat roofs.

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    9.1 Wind Loads Using ASCE Standard 7-93

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    This document summarizes Chapter 9 of ASCE Standard 7-93, which contains methods for computing wind loads on buildings. It describes how wind loads depend on factors like wind speed, terrain, and building shape and height. Tall buildings often require wind tunnel tests to determine accurate wind loads, which may exceed code minimums. The standard provides detailed information and formulas to calculate wind loads in different locations or perform a more accurate assessment than assumed code values. This application uses inputs like building dimensions, wind speed, and exposure to compute wind pressures and loads at various heights for square or rectangular buildings with flat roofs.

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    CHAPTER 9: Wind and Seismic Loads on Buildings

    9.1 Wind Loads Using ASCE Standard 7-93

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    The determination of wind loads for the structural design of buildings is a complex subject that
    many building codes simplify by presenting tables of net wind pressures versus height above
    grade. Wind loads on a building in any particular locality depend on many factors, including
    recorded wind speeds in the area, the terrain around the building, and the shape and height of
    the building. It is now common for wind tunnel model tests to be conducted for tall buildings
    to determine wind loads - which may be more severe than the minimum code requirements.

    American Society of Civil Engineers Standard 7-93 contains detailed information and formulas
    for computing wind loads on buildings in various geographic locations, and can be used to
    establish specific requirements for localities, or to provide a more accurate assessment of the
    wind loads on a building for which wind tunnel tests are not believed to be justified.

    This application computes the wind pressures on the windward wall, leeward wall, side walls
    and roof, and the net wind pressures and loads at specified height intervals, for a square or
    rectangular building with a flat roof.

    The required input includes the story heights (starting from ground level), the width of the
    building transverse to the wind, the length of the building parallel to the wind, and the basic
    wind speed, exposure category, and importance factor - determined in accordance with ASCE
    Standard 7-93.

    A summary of input and computed variables is shown on pages 9 and 10.

    Reference:
    ASCE Standard 7-93 "Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures."

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