mariog,
I do not need to study the ASCE Code. It would seem that the Code has some strange limitations which other Wind Codes do not. The possible limitations are probably due to the fact that the ASCE Code is basically for "Buildings" and we are dealing with "Pipes". To use the same "minimum" loading for a pipe as for a building is OTT from my point of view. Granted it is in accordance with the ASCE Code but it is for "Buildings" not "pipes". The problem is that the Caesar Documentation does not clarify what Caesar does in its "black box" so how can the User check what wind loading is being applied and why? That's the point!!!