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RE: The Importance of Reviewing and Implementing Wind Design in Glazing Structures: Lessons from Hurricane Otis

Posted By Richard Green 07-10-2024 10:17 AM
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Hi Javier, Florida has some of the best provisions for ensuring that there is not disproportionate damage from hurricanes. It includes provisions for robustness of glazing from impact of wind borne missiles to retention of cladding to avoid it becoming a wind-borne missile. Look for the High Velocity ...

RE: Wind load

Posted By Richard Green 12-19-2019 07:22 PM
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Be aware that the roof of the adjacent building (if it is lower than your building) will create a turbulence and speed up zone that will combine with your building's corner zone. The negative pressures in this region may exceed what is in ASCE-7 due to the double discontinuity where vertical edge meets ...