[Greenbuilding] Wind Load

[Rob Tom]

On Sun, 01 Oct 2006 08:59:16 -0400, Lawrence Lile <LLile at projsolco.com>  
wrote:

> Does anyone have a good reference on calculating wind loads on walls?
> --Lawrence Lile


L^2;

At the risk of stating the obvious, "good" would depend upon the type of  
buildings that you are interested in, wouldn't it ?

The criteria would be different for 70 storey glass-clad towers than it  
would be for a modest single-family dwelling.

And repeating the sin of obviousness again, a good place to evaluate the  
suitablity of a reference for one's needs would be to go to the nearest  
university library (a library that has an engineering faculty, preferably  
Civil), and peruse the offerings on the shelves.

They may not let you take the books home (assuming that you're not a  
student) but at least you'll have gained some insights as to how relevant  
the contents are to your needs and you could either photocopy the relevant  
chapters or look for the title on Ebay/Amazon or request it through your  
public library's interlibrary loan system.
ie No point ordering a case of cognac if a swig of beer will do.

Note:
One week from today, you will be required to submit a spreadsheet that  
does the wind design and analysis for a small 4-storey, 40 unit co-op  
residence, for evaluation and grading by a panel of enginoids on this List.


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Rob Tom
Kanata, Ontario, Canada
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