A building that is 60 m tall has essentially the rectangular configuration shown in the figure. Horizontal wind loads will act on the building exerting pressures on the vertical face that may be approximated as uniform within each of the three ‘‘layers’’ as shown. From empirical expressions for wind pressures at the midpoint of each of the three layers, we have a pressure of 781 N/m^2 on the lower layer, 1264 N/m^2 on the middle layer, and 1530 N/m^2 on the top layer. Determine the resisting shear stress, in kPa, at the bottom that must develop to withstand this wind load.
A building that is 60 m tall has essentially the rectangular configuration shown in the figure. Horizontal wind loads will act on the building exerting pressures on the vertical face that may be approximated as uniform within each of the three ‘‘layers’’ as shown. From empirical expressions for wind pressures at the midpoint of each of the three layers, we have a pressure of 781 N/m^2 on the lower layer, 1264 N/m^2 on the middle layer, and 1530 N/m^2 on the top layer. Determine the resisting shear stress, in kPa, at the bottom that must develop to withstand this wind load.
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A building that is 60 m tall has essentially the
rectangular configuration shown in the figure.
Horizontal wind loads will act on the building
exerting pressures on the vertical face that may be
approximated as uniform within each of the three
‘‘layers’’ as shown. From empirical expressions for
wind pressures at the midpoint of each of the three
layers, we have a pressure of 781 N/m^2 on the
lower layer, 1264 N/m^2 on the middle layer, and
1530 N/m^2 on the top layer. Determine the
resisting shear stress, in kPa, at the bottom that
must develop to withstand this wind load.
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