Loading and Structural Failure Due to Wind

<BODY text="#000066" link="blue" vlink="purple" alink="red" background="index17.gif"> <A NAME="pgtop"></A> <A HREF="indexc.htm"><Img Src="flconts.gif" ALT="Table of Contents" WIDTH=24 HEIGHT=24></A> <A HREF="index16.htm"><Img Src="fllarrow.gif" ALT="Previous" WIDTH=24 HEIGHT=24></A> <A HREF="index18.htm"><Img Src="flrarrow.gif" ALT="Next" WIDTH=24 HEIGHT=24></A> <BR> <TABLE BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0 WIDTH="100%"><TR> <TD> <TABLE BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0 WIDTH="100%"> <TR><TD COLSPAN=0 HEIGHT=18><br></TD></TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH=63 HEIGHT=53><br></td> <TD WIDTH=317 HEIGHT=53 align="center" valign="bottom" > <B><FONT face="Arial"><FONT color="#FFFF00"><FONT size="+2">Loading and Structural Failure Due to Wind</B></FONT></FONT></FONT></TD> <TD COLSPAN=0><SPACER type="horizontal" size=173><br></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> <TABLE BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0 WIDTH="100%"> <TR><TD COLSPAN=0 HEIGHT=18><br></TD></TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH=59 HEIGHT=246><br></td> <TD WIDTH=321 HEIGHT=246 align="left" valign="top" > <LI><B><FONT face="Arial"><FONT color="#FFFFFF"><FONT size="+0">When the wind hits an object it pushes against it.<BR> <LI>This generates a force that is called <BR> </B></FONT></FONT></FONT><LI><FONT face="Arial"><FONT color="#FFFFFF"><FONT size="+0">loading</FONT></FONT></FONT><B><FONT face="Arial"><FONT color="#FFFFFF"><FONT size="+0">.<BR> There are two factors that determine how something will respond to the wind; the first is the speed of the wind, and the second is the surface area of the object.<BR> The higher the wind speed, the more wind that will hit an object; this is similar to the discussion for a flash flood.<BR> </B></FONT></FONT></FONT></TD> <TD COLSPAN=0><SPACER type="horizontal" size=173><br></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </TD> </TR> <TR><TD COLSPAN=0 HEIGHT=7><br></TD></TR> </TABLE> <HR ALIGN="left" size=5 WIDTH="65%"> <A NAME="pgbot"></A> <BR> <FONT SIZE="-2">Published by <A HREF="http://www.lotus.com">Lotus</A>® <A HREF="http://www.lotus.com/freelance">Freelance Graphics</A>®</FONT> </BODY>