Please note that this is a scanned copy of a paper originally published in 1989, so the text is not as clear as in documents created as pdf files.

The principal part in a series compatible with the forthcoming British Standard BS 6399:Part 2 which incorporates several changes from the previous CP3 Chapter V:Part 2:1972. Part 1 of this Digest series considers the assessment of wind loads on domestic and industrial buildings, and associated constructions. Supersedes Digest 119. 8 pages.

Part 1  describes:

• the procedures used in assessing wind loads;

• the principal changes in practice between the old BS and its replacement;

• the response to wind effects of different structures;

• the wind climate and the derivation of wind speeds to be used in design

• load assessment and pressure coefficients.