Simiu, E.
, Letchford, C.
, , N.
, Chowdhury, A.
and , D.
(2012),
An Assessment of Methods for Determining Wind Loads (NIST TN 1738), Technical Note (NIST TN), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=910487
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An Assessment of Methods for Determining Wind Loads (NIST TN 1738)
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, Chris Letchford, Nicholas Isyumov, Arindam G. Chowdhury,
Abstract
The purpose of this work is to present an assessment of methods for determining wind loads on buildings and other structures that warrant comment, correction or improvement. The assessment is intended to serve as a resource as a new version of the ASCE-7 Standard is being prepared. Is-sues discussed in the paper include: wind speeds in non-hurricane regions; alternative analytical methods for determining wind loads on Main Wind Force Resisting Systems and Compo-nents/Cladding; aerodynamic pressure coefficients; pressures on rooftop equipment; component and cladding pressures on arched roofs; and the wind tunnel procedure.Citation
Technical Note (NIST TN) - 1738
Report Number
1738
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NIST Pubs
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Keywords
Arched roofs, rooftop equipment, wind engineering, wind loads, wind pressures, wind speeds, wind tunnels
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Created March 1, 2012, Updated January 27, 2020