WIND LOADING EFFECTS AND EQUIVALENT STATIC WIND LOADING ON LOW-RISE BUILDINGS

Wind loading is complicated due to several factors, such as the surrounding category, environment, climate and other factors; wind loading of low-rise building is even more complicated than wind loading of high-rise building, since most low-rise buildings are immersed within the aerodynamic roughness on earth’s surface, for them, interference and shelter effects are also important for wind loads assessment but hard to quantify, and the wind loading on roof is also needed to be considered, the internal pressure may also be significant.