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Is it possible to convert wind MPH to lbs/square ft? 2

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lineman

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Jun 17, 2002
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If possible, what is the formula to convert MPH of wind to pounds per square foot?
 
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Application of Bernoulli Equation should take care of that; equating velocity head to pressure head. As posted so often, check out Flow of Fluids by Crane, for example.
Good luck.
 
I find a better basic design equation taken from the 1995 Souther Building Code

q=0.00256*V*V(MRH/33)**(2/7)

V= Wind Velocity
MRH=Mean Roof Height

and

GCp see tables 1606.2B-C and Figures 1606.2D-G

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You get Lbs/sq Ft (pressure) as a result the speed of the air in a direction parallel to the surface. However, you also get pressure from air moving perpendicular to the surface. Bernoulli tells you how to calculate the former. I don't know how to calculate the latter.

Break the wind into the two components (parallel and perpendicular) and apply the two equations.
 
For flat surfaces with the wind perendicular to the surface (worst case)..

F (lbs/ft^2) = 0.0046V^2 where V is the velocity of the
wind in mph.

For semi circular surfaces then:

F (lbs/ft^2) = 0.0026V^2 where V is the velocity of the wind in mph.

And V^2 is "wind velocity squared...

Hope this helps.

firetube
 
It's been a long time since my days back in school when we covered this. . . All I remember is that the shape of the surface has a substantial impact on the force. That's why when you stick your hand out the window of the car going down the road, spreading your fingers can have a significant effect on the force you feel. There's a constant that needs to be included in the equation which relates to the object shape, that constant often needs to be empirically derived. Some standard shapes have published constants -- Firetube alludes to the constant for semicircles in his second equation above, but does not indicate what shape the first equation is for (I'd suspect a circle or a square).
 
In cars (and aircraft?) there is some concern over wind resistance. Reletive motion between the object (vehicle) and the fluid (air) results in a force on the object and turbulence, etc. in the fluid.

The force is a function of the fluid properties, reletive velocity, shape and size of the object.
Right?

A lot depends on what you mean by "pressure".
What was the original purpose of the question?

Jay
Jay Maechtlen
 
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