Negative Values Are Less

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ensed to SAI Global'Jacobs Group (Australia) Pty Ltd.Further reproduction, distribution, storage or use on a network is prohibited, Printed / viewed by: [[email protected]] @ 2021-11-14 5 E i & g 5 AS/NZS 1170.2:2021 14.32 mansard roof roof with two slopes on all four sides, the lower slope steeper than the upper slope Note 1 to entry: A mansard roof with the upper slopes less than 10° may be assumed tobe flat topped, 14.33 monoslope roof planar roof with a constant slope and without a ridge Note 1 toentry: See also sklion roof (1.4.46). 14.34 obstructions natural or man-made objects that generate turbulent wind flow, ranging from single trees to forests and from isolated small structures to closely spaced multi-storey buildings 1.4.35 offshore structures fixed or floating platforms, jetties, towers or poles Note 1 to entry: This Standard only applies to offshore structures within 30 km from the nearest coastline of ‘Australian or New Zealand territory. 1.4.36 permeable surface with an aggregation of small openings, cracks, and the like, which allows air to pass through under the action of a pressure differential 14.37 pitched roof bi-fold, bi-planar roof (two sloping surfaces) meeting at a ridge 14.38 Pressure air pressure referenced to ambient air pressure Note 1 to entry: In this Standard, negative values are less than ambient (suction), positive values exceed ambient. Net pressures act normal to a surface inthe direction specified, 14.39 pressure coefficient ratio of the pressure acting at the point on a surface, to the free-stream dynamic pressure of the incident wind 1.4.40 rectangular building building generally made up of rectangular shapes in plan Note 1 to entry: See Section for calculation ofthe aerodynamic shape factor for rectangular buildings. 14.41 Reynolds number Re ratio of the inertial forces to the viscous forces in the airflow 14.42 ridge (topographic feature) two-dimensional crest or chain of hills with sloping faces on either side ofthe crest ‘© Standards Australia Limited/Standards New Zealand 2021

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