Journal of Structures

Research Article

Effects of Side Ratio on Wind-Induced Pressure Distribution on Rectangular Buildings

Table 2

Wind pressure coefficients on building models at 0° wind incidence angle.


Building model	(wind pressure coefficient)	Face-A	Face-B	Face-C	Face-D

Sq-1 (side ratio = 1)	Mean	0.74	−0.69	−0.5	−0.69
	Max.	1.11	−0.6	−0.59	−0.6
	Min.	0.25	−1.1	−0.9	−1.05
	IS-875	0.8	−0.8	−0.25	−0.8
	ASCE 7-02	0.8	−0.7	−0.5	−0.7
	AS/NZS 1170.2	0.8	−0.65	−0.5	−0.65
	Macdonald (mean/max) [16]	0.8	−0.8/−1.2	−0.25	−0.8/−1.2

	Surry and Djakovich (mean) [10]	0.65	−0.7	—	−0.7

Re-1 (side ratio = 1.56)	Mean	0.74	−0.66	−0.41	−0.66
	Max.	1.11	−0.48	−0.55	−0.48
	Min.	0.31	−1.01	−0.60	−1.01
	IS-875	0.8	−0.5	−0.1	−0.5
	ASCE 7-02	0.8	−0.7	−0.4	−0.7
	AS/NZS 1170.2	0.8	−0.65	−0.4	−0.65
	Macdonald (mean/max) [16]	0.7	−0.7/−1.2	−0.4	−0.7/−1.2

Re-2 (side ratio = 2.25)	Mean	0.75	−0.62	−0.3	−0.62
	Max.	1.14	−0.26	−0.25	−0.26
	Min.	0.32	−1.09	−0.44	−1.09
	IS-875	0.8	−0.5	−0.1	−0.5
	ASCE 7-02	0.8	−0.7	−0.29	−0.7
	AS/NZS 1170.2	0.8	−0.65	−0.29	−0.65
	Macdonald (mean/max) [16]	0.7	−0.7/−1.2	−0.4	−0.7/−1.2

Re-3 (side ratio = 3.06)	Mean	0.75	−0.59	−0.2	−0.59
	Max.	1.1	−0.09	−0.15	−0.09
	Min.	0.38	−1.15	−0.25	−1.15
	IS-875	0.8	−0.5	−0.1	−0.5
	ASCE 7-02	0.8	−0.7	−0.25	−0.7
	AS/NZS 1170.2	0.8	−0.65	−0.25	−0.65
	Macdonald (mean/max) [16]	0.7	−0.7/−1.2	−0.4	−0.7/−1.2

Re-4 (side ratio = 4)	Mean	0.76	−0.55	−0.2	−0.55
	Max.	1.12	−0.09	−0.15	−0.09
	Min.	0.43	−1.07	−0.27	−1.07
	IS-875	—	—	—	—
	ASCE 7-02	0.8	−0.7	−0.2	−0.7
	AS/NZS 1170.2	0.8	−0.65	−0.2	−0.65
	Macdonald (mean/max) [16]	0.7	−0.7/−1.2	−0.4	−0.7/−1.2