ABSTRACT
Conventionally, in wind loading analysis, wind pressure is assumed to act statically on a structure. Such forces depend at a particular site on the mean hourly wind speed, the estimation of an appropriate gust factor, shape and pressure coefficients and the effect of local topography. The wind force calculated from these factors is assumed to act as an equivalent uniformly distributed load on the building for its full height. Sometimes the wind velocity or the gust factor is assumed variable with the height of the building, so that the intensity of the equivalent uniformly distributed load varies accordingly. In the United Kingdom, wind loads on buildings are calculated from the provisions of the Code of Practice CP 3, Chapter V, Part 2, 1970.
