COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ROOF WIND PRESSURES FOR PERMEABLE BUILDINGS

• Main Authors: Sambu Potty, Narayanan, Kang , Seavhai
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utp.edu.my/11222/1/1569826173.pdf; http://eprints.utp.edu.my/11222/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas

Building roof pressures are traditionally determined in Malaysia based on provisions of BS 6399-2:1997 or MS 1553- 2002. They have performed well under normal conditions of loading but have been observed to fail under extreme wind conditions as in a windstorm. This paper presents the analysis of...