Create Wind Profile
Define the wind profile using one of the following methods
- In the Project Tree, click the structural analysis in which the wind load BC will be applied.
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On the Analysis Workbench, click
(Wind load).
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Click Create profile and create a wind profile in one of
the following ways.
To Do this Import from external CSV - In the dialog, click Import CSV.
- Browse to the desired file and click Open.
Note: The file contents must have a header row followed by two or more rows of data. Each row has two to three values. Values must be separated with commas. The first is speed and the second is height above ground.- Speed
- Height above ground
- 0
- 0
- 10
- 4
- 38
- 9
- 47
- 13
- 61
- 18
Create from standard template function - In the dialog, click Standard.
- In the Function type drop-down, select the desired template.
- For Uniform, specify Speed (V) and Height above ground (H).
- For Logarithmic, define Shear velocity (u), von-Karman constant (k) and Height above ground (H).
- Click OK.
Create manually - In the dialog, click Add row. A new row will appear in the dialog's table.
- Click in the row under Point #, Speed, or Height above ground to activate a text box.
- Enter desired values.
- Click OK.