Wind Load Analysis

Buildings are designed for wind forces in much the same manner as earthquake forces, resulting in member stresses and interstory drifts. For those projects that require it, JAMA will establish wind loads and design criteria while utilizing both in-house computerized structural analyses programs and outside wind specialists as necessary (i.e. wind tunnel analyses). Having designed structural systems for many well-known buildings to efficiently resist wind loads in high-wind regions, such as Chicago, Florida, Hawaii, and Guam, the JAMA staff can address the most sophisticated specific wind analyses and design requirements, including consideration of wind as a dynamic load and development of finite element dynamic analyses.