Effect of Extreme Wind Loads on Struc  

5 Major Types of Civil Engineeing:

-Structural

-Geotechnical

-Transportation

-Environmental

-Water Source

Today we were told the main loads that a building or structure is comprised of:

Dead load- fixed objects for example, Clock, painting etc.

Live load- mainly humans or objects that are moved often for example, office chair.

There are also methods of calculating wind load:

• Method 1-Simplified Procedure that are for low rise structures <60ft

• Method 2-Analytical Procedure for any building >60ft

• Method 3-Wind Tunnel Procedure

The presentation given also gave an insight of the types of buildings there are such as:

• Enclosed

• Partially enclosed (20-30%)

• Open (80%)

Buildings are placed into four catigories namely: I, II, III, and IV.

Category IV is the most important as it includes places of importance such as Hospitals , Fire Stations etc.