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3.0 Wind Load: <br />Wind Analysis per ASCE 7-16- Wind Tunnel Procedure, Chapter 31 <br />3.1 Wind Load Data: <br /> <br />Basic Wind Speed (Vult) =95 mph (ASCE, Fig. 26.5-1) <br />Exposure Category:C (ASCE, Sec. 26.7.3) <br />Topographic Factor (Kzt) =1 (ASCE, Fig. 26.8-1) <br />Directionality Factor (Kd) =0.85 (ASCE, Table 26.6-1) <br />Exposure Coefficient (Kz) =1.08 (ASCE, Table 26.10-1) <br />Ground Elevation Factor (Ke) =1.00 (ASCE, Table 26.9-1) <br />Velocity Pressure (qz) =0.00256*Kz*Kzt*Kd*Ke*V^2 =21.27 psf (ASCE, Eqn. 26.10-1) <br /> <br />3.2 Roof / Array Zone Map: <br />Figure 3-1. South corner zones – 90-180° wind directions Figure 3-2. North corner zones – 0- 90° wind direction <br /> <br />Roof Zone Map Dimensions per PEUTZ Wind Tunnel Study <br />Height (ft.)LB* (ft.)Velocity Pressure (qz) (psf) <br />48 48.00 21.27 <br />* LB = Characteristic length per wind tunnel study <br /> <br />3.3 Wind Design Equations: <br />FL = qz Aref CL FL = sum of lift on panel and deflector. <br />FD - L Companion = qz Aref CD - L <br />FD - L = Worst-case drag and uplift combination at corresponding <br />coefficient of friction. <br />Where <br />qz = Velocity Pressure (Ref. Section 3.1, Wind Load) <br />Aref = Module Area (Ref. Section 1.1, General) <br />CL, CD-L = Vary and related to wind zone map (Proprietary Wind Tunnel Coefficients) <br />05/02/2025 <br />APPROVED FOR CONSTRUCTION <br />7 <br />PanelClaw, Inc., 1600 Osgood Street, Suite 2023, North Andover, MA 01845 <br />(978) 688.4900 - www.panelclaw.com