L'esempio di verifica descrive i carichi di pressione sulle pareti di edifici in disposizione in tandem situati a livello del suolo. The buildings are simplified to rectangular objects and scaled down while maintaining the elevation ratios. The pressure distribution on the walls of the model of a medium-high building was conducted by an experiment. The chosen results (pressure coefficient Cp) are compared with the measured values.
Considera una trave ASTM A992 W 18×50 per campata e carichi permanenti e permanenti uniformi come mostrato nella Figura 1. The member is limited to a maximum nominal depth of 18 inches. The live load deflection is limited to L/360. The beam is simply supported and continuously braced. Verify the available flexural strength of the selected beam, based on LRFD and ASD.