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Peak wind speeds
In the booklet "The Design of Free-standing Walls", there is a map showing the speeds that are used for building design in the UK. I am not going to summarise it (as it is very complex), but here are a few examples: London 37 Colchester 41 King's Lynn 44 Newcastle 46 Truro 48 Edinburgh 50 Glasgow 52 Lewis 55 All are in metres/sec, and remember that wind damage is roughly quadratic in the speed. There is also a varying factor due to the openness of the terrain. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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