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1 Scope

This Part of BS 6399 gives methods for determining the gust peak wind loads on buildings and
components
thereof that should be taken into account in design using equivalent static procedures.
Two alternative methods are given:
a) a standard method which uses a simplified procedure to obtain a standard effective wind speed
which
is used with standard pressure coefficients to determine the wind loads for orthogonal design cases.
NOTE 1 This procedure is virtually the same as in CP3:Chapter V:Part 2.

b) a directional method in which effective wind speeds and pressure coefficients are determined to
derive
the wind loads for each wind direction.
Other methods may be used in place of the two methods given in this standard, provided that they
can be
shown to be equivalent. Such methods include wind tunnel tests which should be taken as equivalent
only
if they meet the conditions defined in Annex A.
NOTE 2 Wind tunnel tests are recommended when the form of the building is not covered by the data in this standard, when
the
form of the building can be changed in response to the test results in order to give an optimized design, or when loading data
are
required in more detail than is given in this standard.

Specialist advice should be sought for building shapes and site locations that are not covered by this
standard.
The methods given in this Part of BS 6399 do not apply to buildings which, by virtue of the structural
properties, e.g. mass, stiffness, natural frequency or damping, are particularly susceptible to
dynamic
excitation. These should be assessed using established dynamic methods or wind tunnel tests.
NOTE 3 See references [1] to [4] for examples of established dynamic methods.
NOTE 4 If a building is susceptible to excitation by vortex shedding or other aeroelastic instability, the maximum dynamic
response
may occur at wind speeds lower than the maximum.