Effect of Extreme Wind Loads on Struc  

What is Wind?

In todays lecture it was discussed that wind is the difference in air pressure that causes atmospheric gases to flow from the region of high pressure to that of lower pressure.

It was also discussed that if an individual is developind a building plan, the building or the designing of a structure in the environment and the wind patterns should always be taken into consideration.

We also discussed the factures one should take into concideration in the environment before building a structure.

The factors of the environment that should be considered are:

• Structure roughness- how close it is to another building

• Structure height

• Exposure- is the building in an urban or suburban area

-A high rise building posts a greater risk from wind resistance while, low rise buildings resist less wind.

-Overall, wind patterns are almost impossible to predict. But given the right tools and the input of past wind

data, one can get as close to accurate as possible if not 100%.

-Therefore, structures are to be built according to a regions American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

code.