ABSTRACT
This chapter addresses wind effects and provides guidelines for assessing design wind loads for buildings. The prevailing standard for the calculation for wind forces in the United States is the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) publication Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures (ASCE 7-10). There are several references to the sections, figures, tables, and equations of the ASCE 7-10 throughout this chapter. It is advised that the reader keep a copy of ASCE 7-10 while reading this chapter and frequently refer to it. An abbreviations F for figures and T for tables are used in several portions of this chapter. Where the term ASCE is used along with equations, figures, tables, and sections, it implies ASCE 7-10; otherwise, it is a reference to a section, figure, or table of this book. In several sections of this chapter, tables are provided to explain concepts. In order to explain the use of ASCE 7-10, Section 14.5 of the book is dedicated to the organization of the code regarding information about wind. Sections 14.6 and 14.7 of the book deal with the general requirements for determining wind loads for various cases and the concept of velocity pressure, respectively.
