A Pilot Project For Computer-Based Design of Low-Rise Buildings For Wind Loads { The WiLDE-LRS User's Manual
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Design speci cations for wind loads on low-rise structures still rely on reductive tables and plots that can over-simplify the highly complex nature of wind-structure interaction. The need for simpli ed information and design procedures stems in part from the limited information capacity of the current generation of design standards. The purpose of the present study is to demonstrate a prototype of a next generation, computer-based design standard for wind load speci cation on low-rise buildings. The application program WiLDE-LRS has been developed with graphical user interfaces and a Matlab computational engine, which provide a user-friendly environment for design information entry, analysis, and result visualization. More realistic wind-induced load e ects have been evaluated by WiLDE based on aerodynamic and building design databases. A complete discussion of this application is provided in this report, along with a user's manual for version 2.1 of the software.
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