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Table 2 Distribution of wind loads

From: Machine learning for prediction of wind effects on behavior of a historic truss bridge

Location

Uniform distribution

Quadrantal distribution

v (m/s)

p (Pa)

Average p (Pa)

Point load (kN)

v (m/s)

p (Pa)

Average p (Pa)

Point load (kN)

1

6.04

34.88

36.76

0.11

NA

NA

NA

NA

2 (Q1)

7.43

52.89

6.74

43.32

NA

0.10

3 (Q4)

4.54

19.72

5.29

26.71

4 (Q3)

4.72

21.31

5.38

27.62

NA

0.10

5 (Q2)

7.58

54.98

6.81

44.27

  1. v = wind velocity; p = dynamic pressure of wind; Q1 to Q4 = pressures in a quadrant