Cdyn

Design wind speed for chosen direction Vdes,q 76.37 m/s s [m] C dyn
3.54 2.67 Cdy
First mode natural frequency of vibration in the along-wind direction na 0.2 Hz 3.19 2.57 4.00
Height of the level at which action effects are calculated s 0.00 m 2.83 2.47
Height to the top of the structure h 3.54 m 2.72 2.44 3.50
Turbulence intensity Ih 0.271 [-] 2.48 2.38
3.00
Peak factor for the upwind velocity fluctuactions gv 3.70 [-] 2.26 2.33
Average breadth of the structure between heights s and h bsh 0.600 m 2.12 2.30 2.50
Average breadth of the structure between heights 0 and h boh 0.492 m 1.97 2.27
Lh 2.00
Measure of the integral turbulence length scale at heights s and h 65.56 m 1.77 2.23
Height factor for the resonant response Hs 1.00 [-] 1.42 2.17 1.50
Peak factor for the resonant response (10 min period) gR 3.09 [-] 1.06 2.12
Size reduction factor S 0.967 [-] 0.99 2.11 1.00

Reduced frequency (non dimensional) N 0.344 [-] 0.71 2.08

0.50
(p/4) times the spectrum of turbulence in the approaching wind stream Et 0.167 [-] 0.35 2.06
Ratio of structural damping to critical damping of a structure z 0.020 [-] 0.00 2.05 0.00
Background factor BS 0.973 [-] 0.00 0.50 1.00
Dynamic response factor Cdyn 2.05 [-] Dynamic resp

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 Cdyn vs. h
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3.50

3.00

2.50

2.00

1.50

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0.50

0.00
0.00 0.50 1.00 1.50 2.00 2.50 3.00
Dynamic response variability with height