Loading and Structural Failure Due to Wind (continued)

<BODY text="#000066" link="blue" vlink="purple" alink="red" background="index19.gif"> <A NAME="pgtop"></A> <A HREF="indexc.htm"><Img Src="flconts.gif" ALT="Table of Contents" WIDTH=24 HEIGHT=24></A> <A HREF="index18.htm"><Img Src="fllarrow.gif" ALT="Previous" WIDTH=24 HEIGHT=24></A> <A HREF="index20.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><FONT face="Arial"><FONT color="#FFFF00"><FONT size="+2">(continued)</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=20><br></TD></TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH=59 HEIGHT=197><br></td> <TD WIDTH=321 HEIGHT=197 align="left" valign="top" > <LI><B><FONT face="Arial"><FONT color="#FFFFFF"><FONT size="+0">A sheet of plywood two feet on a side experiences four times the force of a one foot square, a three foot square experiences nine times the force, and so on; the force goes up as the square of the area of the surface.<BR> <LI>A high wind striking a large surface, like the side of a building, can generate huge forces.<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=54><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>