WIND PRESSURE IN BUILDINGS by Eurocode 1 (EN 1991-1-4)

Basic wind velocity vb = 25 m/s 4.2

Terrain category 0 table 4.1
z0 = 0.003 m
zmin = 1 m

Building height h= 77.36 m

Building depth b= 28 m

Roughness factor cr(z) = 1.585 (4.4)

Orography factor c0(z) = 1 4.3.1
Terrain factor kr = 0.156 (4.5)
Mean wind velocity vm(z) = 39.624 m/s (4.3)
Turbulence intensity Iv(z) = 0.098 (4.7)
Peak velocity pressure qp(z) = 1.658 kN/m2 (4.8)

Relation h/b = 2.763 h > 2b

Pressure coefficient cpe,10 = 0.800 table 7.1
Suction coefficient cpe,10 = -0.588 table 7.1

Uper zone, Press. qp(h) = 1.326 kN/m2 Suction -0.975 kN/m2

Bottom zone, Press. qp(b) = 1.123 kN/m2 Suction -0.825 kN/m2

Roughness factor cr(b) = 1.426

Orography factor c0(b) = 1
Terrain factor kr = 0.156
Mean wind velocity vm(b) = 35.659
Turbulence intensity Iv(b) = 0.109
Peak velocity pressure qp(b) = 1.403
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II
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IV

Total 2.301 kN/m2

Total 1.948 kN/m2