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Australian Standard®Wind loads for housingAS 4055—Accessed by UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA on 18 Feb 2015 (Document currency not guaranteed when printed)This Australian Standard® was prepared by Committee BD-099, Wind Loads for Housing. It was approved on behalf of the Council of Standards Australi...

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AS 4055—2012

Australian Standard®

Wind loads for housing

AS 4055—2012

This Australian Standard® was prepared by Committee BD-099, Wind Loads for Housing. It was approved on behalf of the Council of Standards Australia on 23 November 2012. This Standard was published on 24 December 2012.

The following are represented on Committee BD-099:

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Australian Building Codes Board Australian Window Association Concrete Masonry Association of Australia Cyclone Testing Station Engineers Australia Forest and Wood Products Australia Housing Industry Association Master Builders Association Roofing Tile Association of Australia Think Brick Australia

This Standard was issued in draft form for comment as DR AS 4055. Standards Australia wishes to acknowledge the participation of the expert individuals that contributed to the development of this Standard through their representation on the Committee and through the public comment period.

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AS 4055—2012

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Wind loads for housing

Originated as AS 4055—1992. Previous edition 2006. Third edition 2012.

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PREFACE This Standard was prepared by the Standards Australia Committee BD-099, Wind loads for housing to supersede AS 4055—2006. This Standard will be referenced in the National Construction Code (NCC) 2013 edition, thereby superseding in part the previous edition, AS 4055—2006, which will be withdrawn 12 months from the date of publication of this edition. The objective of this Standard is to provide designers, builders and manufacturers of building products that are affected by wind loading with a range of wind speed classes that can be used to design and specify such products for use in housing that are within the limitations in this Standard.

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This revision aims to improve modelling of topographic effects and also to harmonize with recent changes to AS/NZS 1170.2:2011, including Amendments No.1 and No.2. This edition differs from the previous edition as follows: (a)

The Scope of the Standard has been revised to include the limitation to Class 1 and Class 10 buildings as defined by the NCC. This has always been the intention of this Standard as reflected in the definition of ‘house’, but the limitation is more obvious when presented in the Scope.

(b)

Table 2.1 presenting wind speeds for each wind classification has been split into a Non-Cyclonic regions table and a Cyclonic regions table for clarification. The wind speeds for each wind classification remain unchanged.

(c)

Table 2.2 presenting the Wind Classification for sites has been changed to include a new Topographic Class T0 and to harmonize with changes adopted by AS/NZS 1170.2, terrain category multipliers.

(d)

Definitions for terrain categories have been revised to be compatible with those in AS/NZS 1170.2:2011 (as amended). The revised definitions are intended to clarify the differences between the categories. International research has shown that the wind speeds over water are appropriate for Terrain Category 1 multipliers, so AS/NZS 1170.2 has included water bodies in Terrain Category 1 for all wind regions. In the case of wind blowing over large bodies of water, including seas and oceans, shoaling waves can introduce a near-shore roughness that means this water can be considered as Terrain Category 1.5. This change has followed through to this Standard. Terrain Category 4 is not applicable to this Standard as in Terrain Category 4, a house is embedded within the Terrain Category 4 roughness and its wind force evaluation may require special techniques.

(e)

The calculation of topographic class had previously used the average of the maximum and minimum slope on a topographic feature to determine an average slope. While the average slope characterized a conical hill well, it significantly underestimated the slope of a ridge or escarpment. The maximum slope is now used to characterize the topographic feature. This will better represent the slope of a ridge or escarpment without significantly changing the characterization of a conical hill. This change was recommended as a result of observation of significantly higher levels of wind damage on ridges and escarpments in cyclonic and non-cyclonic wind storms.

(f)

In AS/NZS 1170.2:2011, the topographic multiplier for flat land applies to hill slopes of less than 1:20 and this revision introduces a new Topographic Class T0 to represent slopes from 0 to 1:20. This Class has a topographic multiplier of 1.0. The topographic multiplier for T1 has been changed to 1.1 and includes wind for slopes from 1:20 to 1:10. Hill slopes have also been expressed in degrees.

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(g)

Shielding classifications have been harmonized with those in AS/NZS 1170.2 as appropriate for houses. For Regions A and B, large trees and heavily wooded areas can offer shielding and have been explicitly included, whereas in Regions C and D, the long duration of the wind event means that trees will be denuded before the arrival of the peak gust.

(h)

Shielding classifications are linked to the topographic classes. AS/NZS 1170.2:2011 also links shielding with topography by allowing shielding only on slopes of less than 1:5. This has also been incorporated into this Standard by allowing full shielding only for those topographic classes with slopes of less than 1:5. This change in both Standards are based on wind-field models of hills and damage surveys following cyclonic and non-cyclonic wind events.

(j)

Houses in the first row adjacent to wide, open areas are classed as ‘Not Shielded’, the second row from wide open areas is classed as ‘Partial Shielding’ and subsequent rows as ‘Full Shielding’ where there are sufficient houses.

(k)

Pressure zones on roofs and walls have been defined, named and illustrated on diagrams. Edge and corner zones are subject to higher pressures due to the local pressure factors defined in AS/NZS 1170.2. An additional zone on the windward corners of low slope roofs allows for the RC1 zone introduced to AS/NZS 1170.2:2011 based on recent international research.

(l)

The combination factor (Kc) from AS/NZS 1170.2:2011 has been applied to all pressures for walls and roofs. This has reduced some of the design pressures in the Standard.

(m)

A more detailed commentary has been added (Appendix A) to clarify the relationship of this Standard to AS/NZS 1170.2 and to give background to some of the clauses.

(n)

The example of topographic classes (Appendix B) has been changed to reflect the changes to definition of topographic classes.

(o)

The example of terrain categories and shielding (Appendix C) has been changed to reflect the changes to definition of terrain categories and Shielding.

(p)

In checking Tables 5.2 to 5.13, some minor discrepancies were found between values in the previous edition and those calculated from the formulae in Appendix A. These discrepancies were corrected and while there may be small differences in racking forces between this document and AS 1684, this will not affect the use of AS 1684.

(q)

References to the differential AS/NZS 1170.2 were included.

pressures

on

photovoltaic

solar

panels

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The term ‘informative’ has been used in this Standard to define the application of the Appendix to which it applies. An ‘informative’ appendix is only for information and guidance. Notes to the text contain information and guidance. They are not an integral part of the Standard.

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CONTENTS Page SECTION 1 SCOPE AND GENERAL 1.1 SCOPE......................................................................................................................... 5 1.2 LIMITATIONS ............................................................................................................ 5 1.3 NORMATIVE REFERENCES .................................................................................... 5 1.4 DEFINITIONS ............................................................................................................. 6 1.5 NOTATION ................................................................................................................. 7

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SECTION 2 WIND LOADS 2.1 CLASSIFICATION ..................................................................................................... 9 2.2 RELATIONSHIP TO WIND REGION AND SITE CONDITIONS ............................ 9 2.3 SELECTION OF TERRAIN CATEGORY ................................................................ 12 2.4 SELECTION OF TOPOGRAPHIC CLASS .............................................................. 13 2.5 SELECTION OF SHIELDING CLASS ..................................................................... 14 SECTION 3 CALCULATION OF PRESSURES AND FORCES 3.1 PRESSURE ZONES .................................................................................................. 16 3.2 PRESSURE COEFFICIENTS .................................................................................... 17 3.3 CALCULATION OF PRESSURES ........................................................................... 20 3.4 CALCULATION OF FORCES .................................................................................. 21 3.5 PRESSURES FOR TYPICAL APPLICATIONS ....................................................... 21 SECTION 4 UPLIFT FORCES .............................................................................................. 24 SECTION 5 RACKING FORCES 5.1 RACKING FORCES ................................................................................................. 25 5.2 AREA OF ELEVATION ........................................................................................... 25

APPENDICES A COMMENTARY ....................................................................................................... 42 B WORKED EXAMPLE FOR THE DETERMINATION OF TOPOGRAPHIC CLASS ....................................................................................................................... 53 C WORKED EXAMPLES FOR THE SELECTION OF TERRAIN CATEGORY AND SHIELDING CLASS........................................................................................ 57 D WORKED EXAMPLE FOR RACKING FORCES .................................................... 61

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STANDARDS AUSTRALIA Australian Standard Wind loads for housing S E C T I O N

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S C O P E

A N D

G E N E R A L

1.1 SCOPE This Standard specifies site wind speed classes for determining design wind speeds and wind loads for NCC buildings Classes 1 and 10 within the geometric limits given in Clause 1.2. The classes are for use in the design of housing and for design, manufacturing and specifying of building products and systems used for housing.

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Wind loads for houses not complying with the geometric limits given in Clause 1.2 are outside the scope of this Standard. NOTES: 1 Commentary on the clauses of this Standard is given in Appendix A. 2 A worked example for the determination of topography is given in Appendix B. 3 Worked examples for the determination of terrain category and shielding class are given in Appendix C. 4 5

A worked example for racking forces is given in Appendix D. Where houses do not comply with the geometric and other limitations of this Standard, use AS/NZS 1170.2.

1.2 LIMITATIONS For the purpose of this Standard, the following conditions (geometric limits) shall apply (see Figure 1.1): (a)

The distance from ground level to the underside of eaves shall not exceed 6.0 m. The distance from ground level to the highest point of the roof, not including chimneys, shall not exceed 8.5 m.

(b)

The width (W) including roofed verandas, excluding eaves, shall not exceed 16.0 m, and the length (L) shall not exceed five times the width.

(c)

The roof pitch shall not exceed 35°.

The tables in Section 5 are based on floor to ceiling height of 2.4 m and a floor depth of 0.3 m (floor level down to ceiling below). If wind loads on houses are determined using this Standard, design parameters shall be derived from this Standard only. Where wind loads on buildings are determined using AS/NZS 1170.2, design parameters in that Standard only must be used. NOTE: Clause 3.2.3 in this Standard refers to pressures on solar panels given in AS/NZS 1170.2. These parameters are referenced in this Standard.

1.3 NORMATIVE REFERENCES The following are the normative documents referenced in this Standard: AS/NZS 1170 1170.2

Structural design actions Part 2: Wind actions

ABCB NCC

National Construction Code

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Eaves 900 mm m a x.

R o o f p i tc h R o o f p i tc h

3 5° m a x .

3 5° m a x .

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top of roof,

lev el to u nd er s id e

ridge or gable

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an d 8.5 m m a x.

for gable ends

One or

6.0 m ma x .

t w o s t o rey

16 . 0 m m a x .

16 . 0 m m a x .

He igh t to eav e s exce p t

Hei gh t at any s ec ti on

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thr oug h th e hou s e 8. 5 m ma x .

( a) Se c tio ns

L W

L

5W

16 . 0 m m a x .

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W 16 . 0 m m a x .

L E d g e o f e av e s

E x te r n al w al l

L

L W 16 . 0 m m a x .

( b ) Pla n v iew

FIGURE 1.1 GEOMETRY

1.4 DEFINITIONS For the purpose of this Standard, the definitions below apply. 1.4.1 Bottom of hill, ridge or escarpment Area at the base of the hill, ridge or escarpment, where the average slope is less than 1 in 20. 1.4.2 Height Distance from ground level to the underside of eaves or to the highest point of the roof neglecting chimneys; or the height of each storey at external walls (see Figure 1.1). 1.4.3 House Class 1 or 10 building as defined by the National Construction Code (NCC) with the geometric limitations specified in Clause 1.2.

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1.4.4 Length Maximum overall distance between outside edges of the external walls of a house or shape (see Figure 1.1). 1.4.5 Obstruction Natural or man-made objects that generate turbulent wind flow, ranging from single trees to forests and from isolated small structures to closely spaced multi-storey buildings. 1.4.6 Plan Basic rectangular, square or L-shaped layout, or simple combinations of these (see Figure 1.1). 1.4.7 Racking forces Forces that occur in walls parallel to the wind direction. 1.4.8 Width Maximum distance from wall to wall in the direction perpendicular to the length, including roofed verandas but excluding eaves (see Figure 1.1).

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1.5 NOTATION Unless otherwise stated, the notation used in this Standard shall have the following meaning: C1 to C4

=

cyclonic wind classes

C1serv to C4serv

=

cyclonic wind classes for serviceability

Cp

=

pressure coefficient (external, internal or net, as appropriate)

Cp, e

=

external pressure coefficient

Cp, i

=

internal pressure coefficient

Cp, n

=

net pressure coefficient

d

=

average horizontal distance measured from the crest of the escarpment or hill to the near top-third zone, in metres

FS, PS, NS

=

shielding classes, full shielding, partial shielding and no shielding

G

=

dead load; or permanent action (self-weight), in kPa

G

=

wind pressure zone more than 1200 mm from edges of roofs or external corners of walls

H

=

height of a hill, ridge or escarpment, in metres

H0

=

maximum distance from the ground to the underside of the bearer in the lower floor, in metres

h

=

average roof height, in metres

h0

=

half the height of the wall (half of the floor to ceiling height) in metres

Kc

=

combination factor

Kl

=

local pressure factor

L, M, T, O

=

lower, middle and top third of hill, ridge or escarpment and over-top zone for escarpments

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L

=

length of a house; or lower part of a hill, ridge or...