Function
- Input the wind load to a frame structures of arbitrary shape
- Select the line elements constituting the closed area and input the wind load. Wind load is applied as element beam load
Call
From the Main Menu select [Load] tap > [Type : Static Load] > [Lateral] group > [Wind Pressure] > [Beam Wind Pressure]
Input
Beam Wind Pressure
Load Case Name
Select the Load case.
To enter, modify or delete additional load conditions, use the ... button.
Direction
Select the direction of wind load action.
- X-Y : The load is applied in the horizontal direction of the structure (parallel to the XY plane of the global coordinate system).
Angle
Enter the wind load input angle about the global coordinate system X-axis.
Scale factor
Enter the increase/ decrease coefficient of wind load.
Wind Load Code
Select the standard for a calculation of wind pressure
- ASCE7 (2022)
- ASCE7 (2016)
- KDS(41-12:2022)
- KDS(41-10-15:2019)
- KBC (2016)
- KBC (2009)
- China (GB50009-2012)
- China (GB50009-2001)
Velocity Pressure Name
Select the function for a velocity pressure function.
To add, modify or delete a velocity pressures, use the ... button.
Gust Factor
Input a external and internal gust factor
To calculate the gust factor automatically, use the ... button.
Coefficient
Auto.Calculate Coefficients : Check on it to calculate the coefficients automatically and Select the structure type.
To calculate the external and internal Cf automatically, use the ... button.
Wind Pressure Profile...
Show the wind pressure by the height from in the format of a table and graph.