BW for Lake side Appartments

Wind load Calculation

16-Nov-15

PRC

Calculation of Wind Load

1)

(As per IS 875-Part3 :1987)

Basic Site Data

Height of wall
Length of wall in plan
Width of wall in plan
Length of panel b/w columns

He
L
B
L1

:
:
:
:

1.8
132
120
8.5

m
m
m
m

basic wind speed (mean hourly)

Vb

50

m/s

Terrain Category
Class of building
2)

180 km/hr

: Category-2
: Class B

Dynamic Pressure (q s )
pz
: 0.6 VZ2
VZ
: V b x k1 x k2 x k 3
where,
Vz
Vb
k1
k2

k3

Design wind speed

Basic wind speed
Risk coefficient for different classes of structure as per Table-1
k1
: 0.70
Factor as per Table-2
k2
: 0.98
Topography factor
k3
: 1.00

Therefore,
VZ

Dynamic pressure,
pz

: 50 x 0.7 x 0.98 x 1
: 34.3 m/s

: 0.6 x (34.3)^2
2
: 705.9 N/m

(sec-5.4)
(sec-5.3)

(Table - 1)
(Table - 2)
(Sec- 5.3.3)

BW for Lake side Appartments

Wind load Calculation

16-Nov-15

3)

PRC

Pressure Coefficient (Cp)

For low walls or hoardings, the pressure coefficient is,
Windward
Cf

4)

b/h

:
:

Interpolation for Cf

73.58
1.59

Wind Load
The pressure acting on wall element is
Pw
: p z x k x Cf
: 0.706 x 0.8 x 1.59
2
Pww
: 0.90 kN/m

b/h
70
80
74

: 0.80

Cf
1.50
1.75
1.59

(20% reduction for ht <10m)