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<str<strong>on</strong>g>Wind</str<strong>on</strong>g> Directi<strong>on</strong>alityity Factor<br />

• Davenport (1969)<br />

• Holmes (1981)<br />

• Cook (1983)<br />

• Melbourne (1984, 1990)<br />

→ AS 1170.2 (1989)<br />

AS/NZS 1170.2 (2002)<br />

• Simiu & Heckert (1998)<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>Wind</str<strong>on</strong>g> Directi<strong>on</strong>alityity Factor<br />

in Major Codes<br />

• ASCE 7-987<br />

- Buildings: 0.85 <str<strong>on</strong>g>for</str<strong>on</strong>g> all directi<strong>on</strong>s<br />

Chimneys: 0.9 or 0.95 <str<strong>on</strong>g>for</str<strong>on</strong>g> all directi<strong>on</strong>s<br />

Except <str<strong>on</strong>g>for</str<strong>on</strong>g> hurricane-pr<strong>on</strong>e regi<strong>on</strong>s<br />

• AS/NZS1170.2(2002)<br />

- Tropical-cycl<strong>on</strong>e<br />

cycl<strong>on</strong>e-pr<strong>on</strong>e regi<strong>on</strong>s:<br />

0.95 or 1.0 <str<strong>on</strong>g>for</str<strong>on</strong>g> all directi<strong>on</strong>s<br />

- N<strong>on</strong>-tropical<br />

tropical-cycl<strong>on</strong>e-pr<strong>on</strong>e regi<strong>on</strong>s:<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>Wind</str<strong>on</strong>g> Directi<strong>on</strong> Multiplier <str<strong>on</strong>g>for</str<strong>on</strong>g> 8 sectors<br />

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