ASCE 7-05 Section 6.4, MWFRS:Simplified Forces

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This module is a presentation of the Simplified Wind Forces provisions of ASCE 7-05. Limited documentation is provided here, because all of the references to ASCE 7-05 are given on the module screens.

 

General

 

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Applicability Checks

Please see ASCE 7-05 references for descriptions. This module performs wind load calculations for the "Simplified" method. ALL boxes must be checked for module to give results on the Analysis Values tab.

 

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Analysis Values

See ASCE 7-05 sections noted for description of values and other references.

 

The lower portion of this tab gives the resulting calculated wind pressures for the main wind force resisting system and for components & cladding.

 

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