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User Interface

Create New Load Items dialog box Wind Load tab

This tab Used to apply previously created wind load types on the structure through the means of a load
case.

Refer to Section 5.32.12 of the STAAD Technical Reference manual for details on generating wind
loads.

If a wind load has not yet been defined for the model, a warning message is displayed in the dialog
and the controls are inactive. Refer to the CreateWindType Definition dialog to learn more about
defining a wind load.

Create Load dialog Wind Load tab

Select Type
Choose a previously defined wind load type from the drop down list.
Exposed Surface and Direction

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Specify the global direction in which the wind load is to be generated by clicking the X, Z, -X or -Z
radio button. When wind is generated in X direction ,the wind load is applied on the near side &
when -X is chosen the load is applied on the far side as explained in the following figures.
Generation in Z or -Z is similar.
Wind in positive and negative directions

Wind in X Wind in -X

Wind direction explanation

If the and f Then the and the load This can be
direction is load is will be though of as
is set to applied to directed
surfaces toward
facing

X or Z Positive Negative X or Positive X or Windward load

Z Z for wind in the
positive X or Z
direction
Negative Positive X or Negative X Windward load
Z or Z for wind in the
negative X or Z
direction
-X or -Z Positive Positive X or Positive X or Leeward load
Z Z for wind in the
positive X or Z
direction
Negative Negative X or Negative X Leeward load
Z or Z for wind in the
negative X or Z
direction

Factor
Specify the factor by which the calculated wind loads will be multiplied.
Open Structure

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Select this option to generate loads on open structures like highway signs or transmission towers.
By default, the load generation is based on the assumption that the region between members is
covered by panels (i.e., cladding). Setting this option will apply load to only the members (i.e., no
cladding).

The term used here is not the same as the ASCE 7 definition of "open structure."
Please use the ASCE-7 Wind Load dialog box to generate describe the enclosure
classification per this code.

SNiP Parameters
The following parameters are used for wind loads generated per the Russian code (SNiP).

Apply Wind Load at the Corner

Select this option for wind loads to be applied at 45.

This parameter is only applicable for rectangular buildings.

Select Configuration

The building configuration as defined in SNiP 2.01.0785 Loads and Actions:

0. Prismatic building structure - Rectangular building- Outstanding architectural details
on the left faade.
1. Prismatic building structure - Rectangular building- Both side faades are smooth
2. Prismatic building structure - Rectangular building- Outstanding architectural details
on the right faade
3. Prismatic building structure - Rectangular building- Outstanding architectural details
on both side faades
4. Prismatic building structure - Rectangular building- Triangular building
5. Prismatic building structure - Rectangular building- Rhombic building
6. Prismatic building structure - Rectangular building- Number of vertices of polygonal
building, not more than 12
7. Prismatic building structure - Less than 3 rectangular building
8. Prismatic building structure - 3 triangular
9. Prismatic building structure - 4 rhombic
10. Prismatic building structure - More than 4 polygonal
11. Framed RC structure
12. Lattice steel structure
Reynolds Number (NU)
Specify the wind pressure correlation coefficient. If parameter is omitted or is exactly 1, a

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computed value is used instead. For rectangular buildings, the correlation coefficient is always
calculated automatically, thus any specified value will be ignored.

The first load case which has a Russian Wind Load command added to it will consider all other
loads defined in it as the masses to be considered for calculating the dynamic effect which is
required by this command.

Related Tasks

Commands | Loading | Definitions | Wind Load

Reference Materials

CreateWindType Definition dialog

ASCE 7 Wind Load dialog box

Add New Wind Definitions dialog

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