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#13175 - 09/14/07 01:27 PM USER WIND PROFILE
Camilo Herrera Offline
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Registered: 08/17/07
Posts: 3
Loc: Bogota, Colombia
HI EVERYONE

I NEED TO INPUT THE FOLLOWING VALUES OF WIND PROFILE (PRESSURE VS. ELEVATION)

[m].............[KN/m2]
0 ÷ 10............0,55
10÷ 20............0,62
20÷ 40............0,75

HOW IS THE PRECISELY WAY TO INPUT THE VALUES INTO THE SOFTWARE?
ACCORDING TO THE ABOVE VALUES, I SHOW SOME POSSIBILITIES TO LOAD INTO THE USER WIND PROFILE INPUT.

1.

[m]........[KN/m2]
0...........0,55
10..........0,62
20..........0,75
40..........0,75

2.

[m]........[KN/m2]
0...........0,55
10..........0,55
10,001.....0,62
20..........0,62
20,001.....0,75
40..........0,75

3.

[m]........[KN/m2]
10..........0,55
20..........0,62
40..........0,75


BY THE WAY, HOW DOES THE SOFTWARE INTERPOLATE THE VALUES OF USER WIND PROFILE INPUT, LINEARLY OR IN STEP FUNCTION?.

REGARDS

JCH

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#13182 - 09/14/07 07:51 PM Re: USER WIND PROFILE [Re: Camilo Herrera]
Richard Ay Offline
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Registered: 12/13/99
Posts: 6226
Loc: Houston, Texas, USA
CAESAR II uses linear interpolation between the values you specify. So if you define this profile:

 Elevation  Pressure
    0            20
   10            40
   20            60
   30            80


then:

  • at an elevation of 5, the pressure used would be 30
  • at an elevation of 25, the pressure used would be 70
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Richard Ay - Consultant

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