Code & Commentary IS 875 (Part 3) 1987
CODE COMMENTARY
6.3.1 Frictional Drag - In certain buildings of C6.3.1 –
special shape, a force due to frictional drag shall The flow of wind around/over a structure, as
be taken into account in addition to those loads mentioned already, causes surface pressures.
specified in 6.2. For rectangular clad buildings, In addition, there is friction between the
d surface of the structure and the wind flowing
this addition is necessary only where the ratio over it. This results in a frictional force in the
h direction of wind. This clause specifies the
d frictional drag for a rectangular clad building.
or greater than 4. The frictional drag force, F’,
b
in the direction of the wind is given by the
following formulae:
If
h b, F ' C 'f d 4h bp d C 'f d 4h 2hpd ,
and
If
h b, F ' C 'f d 4h bp d C 'f d 4b 2hp d ,
The first term in each case gives the drag on
the roof and the second on the walls. The value
of C 'f has the following values
C 'f 0.01 for smooth surfaces without
corrugations or ribs across the wind direction,
C 'f 0.02 for surfaces with corrugations across
the wind direction, and
C 'f 0.04 for surfac6s with ribs across the
wind direction.
For other buildings, the frictional drag has been
indicated, where necessary, in the tables of
pressure and force coefficients.
6.3.2 Force Coefficients for Clad Buildings C6.3.2 –
Clad rectangular buildings with different
6.3.2.1 Clad buildings of uniform section - proportions are covered in this clause in
The overall force coefficients for rectangular clad addition to buildings of a variety of other
buildings of uniform section with flat roofs in shapes, both with sharp edges as well as
uniform flow shall be as given in Fig. 4 and for rounded corners. For cases where the edges are
other clad buildings of uniform section (without sharp, or nearly so, the Reynolds number has
projections, except where otherwise shown) only a limited influence on the wind pressures
shall be as given in Table 23. or forces. However, for rounded edges, or for
shapes which are circular or near circular,
Reynolds number has a marked effect. This has
been accounted for in Table 23 by specifying
the applicable range of Vdb. The force values
are also a function of the aspect ratio.
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