Wind Actions For Ultimate Limit

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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 3 é 3 5 8 Weal) 2 13 ASIN ‘wind actions for ultimate limit states (determined using a regional wind speed appropriate to the annual probability of exceedance specified for ultimate limit states) width ofa tower; or shortest horizontal dimension ofthe building width of canopy, awning carport, or similar, from the face ofthe building equivalent static wind force per unit height asa function of height 2 distance from the windward edge of a canopy or cantilevered roof; distance from initiating crest (NZ lee zones — Clause 4.4.3); or horizontal distance upwind or downwind of the structure to the crest ofthe hill, ridge or escarpment distance downwind from the start ofa new terrain roughness to the position where the developed height of the inner layer equals z (lag distance) peak acceleration, at the top ofa structure in the along-wind direction peak acceleration, at the top ofa structure in the crosswind direction crosswind vibration at the critical wind ‘maximum amplitude of tip deflectio speed reference heighton the structure above the averagelocal ground evel, or rotational displacement (Appendix £) aerodynamic roughness length angle of slope of a roof angle of compass wind direction, measured clockwise from North (0°), for determining site wind velocities additional drag coefficient due to an ancillary attached to one face or located inside the tower section height ofthe section of the structure upon which the wind pressure acts solidity ratio.of the structure (surface or open frame) which Is the ratio of solid area to total area of the structure effective solidity ratio for an open frame action effect derived from the mean along-wind response action effect derived from the peak along-wind response action effect derived fcom the peak crosswind response combined peak scalar dynamic action effect ratio of structural damping to critical damping ofa structare stress level (© Stendards Australia Limited/Standards New Zealand 2021

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