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IS:875(Part 3)- 1987 averagevalue.Theaveragevaluedependsonofobstructionswhichconstitutethegroundsur... the timeemployedinanalysingthefaceroughness.Theterraincategoryusedinthe meteorolcgicaldataandthisaveragingtimedesJgnof astructuremay vary dependingonthe varies from are'Nseconds to several minutes.Thedirectionof windunderconsideration.Wherever magnitude of fluctuating componentofthewindsufficientmeteorologicalinformationisavailable " spc(;d which iscalledgust,depends onthe aver...aboutthe nature of wind direction, theorientation agingtime.III buildingorstructuremaybesuitably interval,greateristhemagnitudeofthegustplanned. speed. 5.2BasicWindSpeed _FigureIgive.basic windspeedmapofIndia, asapplicableto10m height above mean ground level fordifferent zone. of the country.Basicwind .peed Isbased onpeak gust vcJo!=ityaveragedover ashort timeinterval ofabout3secondsandcorrespondstomean heightsabovegroundlevelinanopenterr"in (Category2). Basicwindspeedspresentedin Fig.I/lavebeenworked out fora50year return period!Basicwindspeedforsomeimportant cities/towns i. alsogiveninAppendix A. 5.3DesignWindSpeed(V. )- Thebasic wind .peed(Vb)foranysiteshallbeobtained fromFig.Iand shallbemodifiedtoinclude the followingeffectstogetde.ignwindvelocityat any height (V.)for thechosen structure: a)Risk level; b)Terrain roughness,height and size of struc-ture;and c)Localtopography. It canbe mathematically expressed as follows: where , V.=Vb*1KI*, V.=designwind speedatany height .cinmjs; k,- probabilityfactorlriskcoeffi cient )(see5.3.1); Jr._terrain,heightandstructure size factor( see5.3.2 );and k.=topography factor(see5.3.3). NOTE- Design wirid .peep up to 10IIIheight from mean ground leveJ shall be considered constant. 5.3.1RiskCoiflicient(*,FactoT)- FigureI give.basicwindspeeds for terrainCategory2 as applicableat10m aboveground levelbased on 50 yearsmeanreturnperiod.Thesuggestedlife period.tobeassumedindesignandthecorres--pondingk,factorsfordifferentclass of structures forthe purpose of design isgiveninTableI.In thedesignofallbuildingsandstructures,a regionalbasjcwindspeedhaving ameanreturn period of 50' years.hall be usedexceptasspecifi-ed inthenote of TableI. 5.3.2Terrain,HeightandStructureSi;c.FactoT (kl FacloT) 5.3.2.1Tt"ain- Selectionofterraincate.. gori.. .shall be madewith due regardto the effect 8 Terraininwhichaspecificstructurestands shallbeassessedasbeing oneofthefollowing terraincategories: a)CategoryI- Exposedopenterrainwith fewornoobstructionsandinwhichthe .....averageheightof anyobjectsurrounding the structure islessthan1'5 m. NOT. - This categoryincludesopen sea-coast. _adBat treelessplains. b)Caugory2- Openterrain withwellscatt-eredobstructionsbavingheights generally between 1'5to10m. NOTE- Thisisthecriterion(orme83ureamentof regionalbasicwindspeedsandincludes airfields,openparkland.!andundeveloped sparaselybuilt-up outskirts of towns andsuburbs.Open land adjacentto sea coast may also be c1as.sifiedas Category 2 dueto roughmssof large .ea wavesat highwindt. e)Category3- Tenain with numerous closely obstructionshavingthesizeof building-structuresupto10minheight withorwithoutafewisolatedtaUstruc-tures. NOTB1- Thiscategory includeswellwooded areas,.ndsbrubs.town. and industrial areasfull or partially developed . "NoTJI2 - Itislikelythatthenexthigher categorythanthiswillnotexistinmoatdesign situationsandthatselectionofmoresevere category willbe deliberate. NOD 3- Particularattentionmustbegiven to performance ofobstructions in areas affected by fully developed tropical cyclones. Vegetation which is likelyto be blowndownordefoliated cannot be reliedupontomaintainCategory3conditions. Whereluch.ituationmayexist.eitheraninter-mediate category with velocitymultipliers midway between the value. forCategory 2and 3givenin Table 2, .or Category 2.hould be.electedhaving dueregard to local conditioJ: d)Category4- Terrain withnumerous large high closely spaced obstructions. NOTE- Thiscategory includes largecity cen" tre.,generaJly withobstructionsabove25mand well developed industrialcomplexe,. 5.3.2.2Variationqf windspeedwithheighl for differentsi.tesofstructuresindijfermlterrains("'. factor)- Table 2givesmultiplyingfactors("I) bywhichthebasicwindspeedgiveninFig.I shallbemultipliedtoobtainthewind speedat differentheights,ineachterraincategoryfor different sizes of buildings/structures.