Wind Load Calculation

Sorry for being a pain, which is I must admit a little satisfying (with civil engineers, civil consultants and architects often causing me pain being but a humble (!) electrical engineer), BUT isn't BS 6399 replaced by BS EN 1991-1-4:2005 which now has an amendment A1:2010?

Come on you civil chaps its so easy to check the status of standards now-a-days!

Each area of world has its Metrological and Seismic Design Data, which is differ for different areas. The Metrological Data is represented by: Elevation Above Mean Sea Level, Station Coordinates (Latitude North & Longitude East), Ambient Air & Soil Temperatures, Wind Speed, Earthquake Data, Rainfall Precipitation (average, max. & intensity), and Isokeraunic Levels (days lightning/year).

The attached file is for Saudi Arabia Metrological and Seismic Design Data prepared by ARAMCO: http://www.4shared.com/document/7aAM3h-7/Saudi_Arabia_Metrological_Data.html

ARAMCO has released a updated version of this Met data sheet. I'd send a copy to you soon Abdel Hashim

Thanks

Oh, thanks Mohammed Fareeduddin

I am wondering what gulf? Gulf of Mexico? Persian Gulf? There are alot of gulfs out there, and I am sure that they are all different.

Bill

By way of comparison, the wind standard of the American Society of Civil Engineers is now governed by ASCE 7-10 (having recently superceded ASCE 7-05 & ASCE 7-08).

Each of the responses, to date, has it's own merit, however, googling British Standard "BS 6399-2" yields a "raft" of relevant information...