AS1170 Wind Load
AS1170 Wind Load
AS1170 Wind Load
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