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Digest 436 part 3 - Wind loading on buildings: BS 6399-2:1997 worked examples - loads on a portal frame building and on an office tower on a podium

Third of a three-part Digest giving brief guidance on the use of BS 6399-2. Part 1 gives advice and guidance on implementing BS 6399-2 and suggests certain options. Part 2 demonstrates the recommended options by example calculations for the case of a two-storey timber framed house. This Part gives example calculations for a further two building types: a steel portal-framed building, and a 15-storey office tower surrounded by a 2-storey podium.This Digest is aimed at architects, engineers and professionals who need to know the effect of wind on buildings, and design options that minimise it. 12 pages.

Price (inc. P&P to UK): £17.00

Author: N Cook and R S Narayanan

Publication Date: 01/03/1999

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Digest 436 part 3, DG436 part 3

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