Asce 7 Wind Map

This is a beta release of the new atc hazards by location website.

Asce 7 wind map. The asce 7 10 provides a wind map where the corresponding basic wind speed of a location can be obtained from figures 26 5 1a to 1c. Also new hurricane models have reduced the hurricane winds along the northeast coast while. Example of asce 7 10 risk category ii basic wind speed map. Main wind force resisting system.

From figure 26 5 1b cordova memphis tennessee is somehow near where the red dot on figure 3 below and from there. You can click on the map below to determine the basic wind speed for that location. With that in mind i spent a couple minutes this morning trying to fill in some of blanks. Basic wind speed maps.

An outline of the overall process for the determination of the wind loads including section references is provided in figure 1. Please contact us with feedback. Calculation of wind loads on structures according to asce 7 10 permitted procedures the design wind loads for buildings and other structures including the main wind force resisting system mwfrs and component and cladding elements thereof shall be determined using one of the procedures as specified in the following section. Wind speed maps asce 7 16 on.

March 09 2018 11 12 56 am i don t know about the rest of you but when i look at the new wind speed maps in the asce 7 16 in particular the eastern united states i find the contour lines a bit confusing. In most cases including this example they are the same. See acse 7 10 for important details not included here. Adding to skyciv s already list of free tools is the new wind load calculator for asce 7 10 as 1170 2 and en 1991 ec1.

Use our asce wind speeds map to easily obtain the asce wind speeds 7 16 7 10 7 05 for any location in the contiguous united states puerto rico and alaska. The new maps now reflect more regional variability in extreme wind climates. When viewing the wind maps take the highest category number of the defined risk or occupancy category. The occupancy category is defined and classified in the international building code.

Printed with permission from asce. Quickly retrieve site structural design parameters specified by asce 7 10 and asce 7 16 including wind seismic snow ice rain flood and tsunami. Shaded special wind region areas mountainous terrain gorges and ocean promontories should be examined for unusual wind conditions. Since asce had not made changes to the non hurricane wind speeds since 7 95 there was a significant increase in new anemometer locations and data gained from these locations.

This study focused on the non hurricane areas of the country and used a new procedure that separated the available data by windstorm type and accounted for changes in the site exposure. Wind speeds in the great plains remain unchanged but for the rest of the country wind speeds have decreased most significantly along the west coast. Structural engineers architects and building code officials will find the structural load requirements essential to their practice. An integral part of building codes in the united states minimum design loads and associated criteria for buildings and other structures asce sei 7 16 describes the means for determining dead live soil flood tsunami snow rain atmospheric ice earthquake and wind loads and their combinations for general structural design.