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Wind Speed

The wind speed used to determine pressures for serviceability loads is from the maps in Figures CC1 to CC4 of ASCE 7 corresponding to mean recurrence intervals (MRI) of 10, 25, 50, and 100 years, respectively. It is up to your judgment a which of these to choose.

This value is input in the MRI (serviceability) wind speed input in the Site Information dialog.

See Also

Wind Story Drift

Load Combination

Apparent Stiffness Ga

Shear Line Forces