WIND ENGINEERING SEMINAR  :  ROOF SYSTEMS



CHARACTERISTICS OF WIND TREATED AS A DYNAMIC FLUID

BASIC DYNAMIC PRESSURE EQUATION

ASCE7 DOCUMENT DISCUSSION : p = qp x [GCp – GCpi]

WINDWARD DYNAMIC WIND IMPACT ON ROOF SYSTEMS

LEEWARD DYNAMIC WIND INFLUENCE ON ROOF SYSTEMS
 
DYNAMIC WIND INFLUENCE ON ROOF SYSTEMS

CORNER OR EDGE TURBULANCE AND VORTICES ON ROOF SYSTEMS

EXTERNAL PRESSURE COEFFICIENTS

INTERNAL PRESSURE COEFFICIENTS

EXPOSURE COEFFICIENTS

IMPORTANCE FACTORS

DRAG AND ELEVATION-ABOVE-GRADE INFLUENCES

ROOF PITCH & ROOF TYPE INFLUENCES

AIR-PERMEABLE CLADDING 

PARAPET COPING

ROOF FLASHING

LEADING/TRAILING EDGE DEFINITION

OUTSIDE CORNER DEFINITION

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