Code & Commentary IS 875 (Part 3)

CODE COMMENTARY
gR = Peak factor for resonant
response
Notations have been defined also in the text at
gv = Peak factor for upwind velocity their first appearance. A few of the notations have
fluctuations more than one definition, having been used for
h= Height of structure above mean denoting different parameters.
ground level
hx = Height of development of a
speed profile at distance x
downwind from a change in
terrain category
hp = Height of parapet
Hs = Height factor for resonant
response
Ih = Turbulence intensity
IF Interference factor
k= Mode shape power exponent
k1
k2 Wind speed multiplication
k3 factors
k4
K= Force coefficient multiplication
factor for members of finite
length
Ka = Area averaging factor
Kc = Combination factor
Kd = Wind directionality factor
Km = Mode shape correction factor
l= Length of a member or greater
horizontal dimension of a
building
L= Actual length of upwind slope
Le= Effective length of upwind slope
Lh = Integral turbulence length scale
N= Reduced frequency
pd = Design wind pressure
pz = Wind pressure at height z
pe = External wind pressure
pi = Internal wind pressure
Re = Reynolds number
S= Size reduction factor
Sr = Strouhal number
T= Fundamental time period of
vibration
Vb = Regional basic wind speed
Vh = Design wind speed at height h
Vz = Design wind speed at height z

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