Developmental Computer-Based Version of ASCE 7-95 Standard Provisions for Wind Loads.
Developmental Computer-Based Version of ASCE 7-95
Standard Provisions for Wind Loads.
(2261 K)
Schechter, M. M.; Schechter, E.; Simiu, E.
NIST TN 1415; 55 p. November 1995.
Available from:
Government Printing Office
Order number: SN003-003-03377-4
Keywords:
building technology; aerodynamics; building codes;
climatology; structural engineering; wind engineering
Abstract:
This report includes a brief introduction to and
description of the wind loading provisions of the ASCE
(American Society of Civil Engineers) Standard 7-95. An
interactive computer program representing those
provisions was developed and tested by the authors and
NIST staff. The resulting software is included in a
diskette presented in this report. Instructions for the
user of the program are also included. An appendix
contains excerpts from a large number of calculaitons
aimed at verifying the performance of the interactive
program. Following its completion, the program was
submitted for bets-testing by an ASCE-assembled team.
The program presented in this report does not reflect
the results of that testing, and is not an official
version of the ASCE 7-95 Standard. A main purpose of
this report is to serve the needs of professionals
interested in the application of knowledge systems to
the development of computer-based models of standards.
[*]Diskette presented in this report (Developmental
Version ASCE 7-95, November 1995). AVAILABLE FROM:
Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing
Office, Washington, DC 20402, Phone: 202/512-1800.[*]
Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899