Extreme wind pressure distributions on low-rise building models

This paper first discusses the conditionally sampled actual wind pressure distributions causing maximum quasi-static wind load effects at the base of low-rise building models with square and rectangular plans. The maximum normal stresses in column members were also examined to discuss the wind load combination of the along-wind, across-wind, uplift, and three moments. Then, it examines the actual wind pressure distributions causing the maximum quasi-static stresses in structural frames. These are compared with Kasperski's load-response-correlation formula and the quasi-steady pressure distributions. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.