Guide to the Use of Wind Load Provisions of ANSI (American National Standards Institute) A58.1

摘要

The document is designed to assist professionals in the use of wind load provisions of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Standard A58.1-1982, Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures, and the next revision of the ANSI Standard A58.1. It includes an explanation of the provisions, a limited commentary, and examples. It is useful to review and understand the background material that forms the basis for the provisions. Only a brief review of the background is given in the document. The reader is referred to cited references for detailed background for the technical material. The document is not intended to be a textbook on wind loading; it is designed to provide guidance for use of the provisions of the ANSI standard.