1 - AS 4055-2006 WIND LOADS FOR HOUSING
4 - PREFACE
5 - CONTENTS
6 - SECTION 1 SCOPE AND GENERAL
6 - 1.1 SCOPE
6 - 1.2 LIMITATIONS
6 - 1.3 NORMATIVE REFERENCES
7 - 1.4 DEFINITIONS
7 - 1.4.1 Average slope
7 - 1.4.2 Bottom of hill, ridge or escarpment
7 - 1.4.3 Height
8 - 1.4.4 House
8 - 1.4.5 Length
8 - 1.4.6 Plan
8 - 1.4.7 Racking forces
8 - 1.4.8 Width
8 - 1.5 NOTATION
10 - SECTION 2 WIND LOADS
10 - 2.1 CLASSIFICATION
10 - 2.2 RELATIONSHIP TO WIND REGION AND SITE CONDITIONS
13 - 2.3 SELECTION OF TERRAIN CATEGORY
13 - 2.4 SELECTION OF TOPOGRAPHIC CLASS
15 - 2.5 SELECTION OF SHIELDING CLASS
17 - SECTION 3 CALCULATION OF PRESSURES AND FORCES
17 - 3.1 PRESSURE COEFFICIENTS
17 - 3.1.1 Wind classes N1 to N6 (non-cyclonic)
17 - 3.1.2 Wind classes C1 to C4 (cyclonic)
18 - 3.2 CALCULATION OF PRESSURES
18 - 3.3 CALCULATION OF FORCES
19 - 3.4 PRESSURES FOR TYPICAL APPLICATIONS
21 - SECTION 4 UPLIFT FORCES
22 - SECTION 5 RACKING FORCES
22 - 5.1 RACKING FORCES
22 - 5.2 AREA OF ELEVATION
39 - APPENDIX A - COMMENTARY
39 - A1 COMMENT ON TABLE 2.1-WIND CLASSIFICATION
39 - A2 DERIVATION OF TABLE 2.2-WIND CLASSIFICATION
40 - A3 COMMENT ON CLAUSE 1.3-GEOMETRIC LIMITS
41 - A4 COMMENTARY ON PRESSURE COEFFICIENTS (Section 3)
41 - A5 COMMENTARY ON PRESSURES FOR DETERMINATION OF RACKING FORCES (SECTION 5)
41 - A5.1 General, notation and assumptions
44 - A5.2 Equivalent pressures on projected areas
47 - A6 CONVERTING WIND SPEEDS
48 - APPENDIX B - WORKED EXAMPLE FOR THE DETERMINATION OF TOPOGRAPHY
50 - APPENDIX C - WORKED EXAMPLES FOR THE SELECTION OF TERRAIN CATEGORY AND SHIELDING CLASS
52 - APPENDIX D - WORKED EXAMPLE FOR RACKING FORCES