Proper Wind Load Methods for Steel Structures That Are Pre-Engineered
Thursday, June 14th, 2007The devastating and destructive power of wind action has been evidenced by recent hurricanes along the Gulf Coast, most especially Hurricane Katrina (2005). When a photo of powerful tornado and hurricane devastation is televised, the demand to ensure that all-steel buildings are as impervious to extreme wind as engineering can provide is never so stark.
The correct structural design for pre-fabricated, pre-engineered steel structures to be resistant to the wind involves bolstering the principle structural elements. As new causations in the results of wind forces in regards to pre-engineered steel structures are revealed, additional structural regulation adjustments are adopted.