WIND PRESSURE IN BUILDINGS by Eurocode 1 (EN 1991-1-4)
Basic wind velocity Terrain category vb = z0 = zmin = Building height Building depth h= b= 25 0 0.003 1 77.36 28 m/s m m m m 4.2 table 4.1
Roughness factor Orography factor Terrain factor Mean wind velocity Turbulence intensity Peak velocity pressure
cr(z) = 1.585 c0(z) = 1 kr = 0.156 vm(z) = 39.624 m/s Iv(z) = 0.098 qp(z) = 1.658 kN/m
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(4.4) 4.3.1 (4.5) (4.3) (4.7) (4.8)
Relation Pressure coefficient Suction coefficient Uper zone, Press. Bottom zone, Press.
h/b = cpe,10 = cpe,10 = qp(h) = qp(b) =
2.763 0.800 -0.588 1.326 1.123 kN/m2 kN/m2
h > 2b table 7.1 table 7.1 Suction Suction -0.975 -0.825
Roughness factor Orography factor Terrain factor Mean wind velocity Turbulence intensity Peak velocity pressure
cr(b) = 1.426 c0(b) = 1 kr = 0.156 vm(b) = 35.659 Iv(b) = 0.109 qp(b) = 1.403
991-1-4)
kN/m2 kN/m2
Total Total
2.301 1.948
kN/m2 kN/m2
0 I II III IV