South African wind loading specifications: The Euro way?

✍ Scribed by A.M. Goliger

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 376 KB
• Volume: 95
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0167-6105
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2007.01.017

✦ Synopsis

This paper is a review of the development process of a new set of wind loading stipulations to be included in the proposed South African design standard for buildings and structures. A summary of activities that have taken place within the past 5-6 years is given, and the feasibility and implications of adopting the proposed EN 1991-1-4.6 are considered.