AS1170 Wind Load

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PROJECT

STRUCTURE
CODES
Reference

AS1170.2:1989

ELEMENT
HDAR

DESIGNEDBY

WindLoadCalculation
CHECKEDBY

Calculations

Output

BuildingWindZone
= 3
Sincethebuildingisapowerstation,itiscategorizedasapostdisaster
Structure
Sobasic3secondgustwindspeed

= 38m/s

Buttheminimumwindspeedtobetakenforwindanalysis=40m/s
HenceVbasic=40m/s
AS1170.2:1989

DesignWindSpeed=Vdesign

VbasicxMzxMsxMtxMi

20
0.59

16.8 13.6
0.56 0.52

clause4.2.2.

MzbuildingHeightMultiplier
Table4.2.5.2

TerrainCategory4
BuildingHeightaboveGround

Mz
Ms,Mt,Mi
Vdesign

=
=
=

9.6
0.46

5.8
0.41

40xMzx1x1x1
40xMz

Table4.4.2.1.

AverageExternalPressureCoefficient

Clause4.3

DynamicWindPressure=0.6xVz x10
qz = 0.6x(40xMz)2x103

= 0.96xMz2

NetHorizontalForceactingonthestructure=

CexqzxAz

Clause4.3

= Cp.e

AlongXDirectionFzx=Axx

2
2
0.96xMz x1.3=1.25xMz xAx

Eq1

AlongYDirectionFzy=Ayx

0.96xMz2x1.05=1.008xMz2xAy

Eq2

GustFactor
2

2
2
G=1+rxsqrt(gv B(1xw) +gf SE/)

Table4.2.5.3.

r =

2(/V)/Mt

gv =

3.700

= 2x0.342/1

0.684

buildingheight=h=20m
Lh=

1000x(h/10)2

1000x(20/10)0.25

b=9.9m
Then

q (
)
w = 3.7x0.684xsqrt(0.892)
4

0.600

REF

= 1190m

1.0
0.40

PROJECT
STRUCTURE
CODES
Reference

AS1170.2:1989

ELEMENT
HDAR

DESIGNEDBY

WindLoadCalculation
CHECKEDBY

Calculations

Output

WindinYDirection

ReferSection3.4
Clause4.3

WindinXdirection

Basedonmodalanalysis
Ytranslationmodeperiod=0.657s
na = 0.6571
= 1.522Hz

Basedonmodalanalysis
Xtranslationmodeperiod=0.759s
na = 0.7591
= 1.318Hz

N= 1.522x1190/23.6

N= 1.318x1190/23.6

N=

66.50

Gx

Vh

76.70

Gy=4.96

REF

4.91

TheseGustFactorsareappliedtothemodelthroughtheloadcases.Theappliedvaluesasacomputer
outputisgivenasfollows,

PROJECT
STRUCTURE
CODES
Reference

AS1170.2:1989

ELEMENT
HDAR

DESIGNEDBY

WindLoadCalculation
CHECKEDBY

Calculations

Themodelappliedloadsaretheaveragevaluesandbymeansofloadcasesscalefactorgustreponseis
derived
TheappliedaveragevaluesarecalculatedbasedonEq1&Eq2
OnesamplecalculationforjointloadatXdirectionatrooflevel
Mz
= 0.59
Ax
2
Fzx
=
1.25x0.59 x28.3x3.2x0.5 = 19.7 kN
Thisappliedvaluecanbefoundinthemodelinsection3.3.2.
Similarlyforallotherlevelsinbothdirectionsarecalculatedandsummaryofloadsareasfollows
Level
RF
4F
3F
2F
1F
GF

FzxkN
19.7
35.5
34.4
29.2
25.6
16.4

FzykN
2.78x2
5.0x2
4.86x2
4.18x2
3.61x2
2.32x2

REF
Output

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