JAE, I'm not saying it's not in there, but I just looked at the ASCE Commentary and saw nothing. msquared48, you might be on to something here.
Here is an example to better illustrate my confusion: Let's say you have a 100'x30' building and a 100'x90' building. Assuming the 'h' is large enough...
ASCE is clear that the corner zone width 'a' is "10 percent of the least horizontal dimension or 0.4h, whichever is smaller, but not less than either 4% of least horizontal dimension or 3 ft." Working for a curtainwall company, I have to use this rule on a regular basis. But, I was asked WHY the...
