Question

A 16-storey high building has plan dimensions of 60 x 60 (W=60 ft. and L=60 ft.). The floor height is equal to 12 feet. Under winter design conditions, one side receives a normal wind at a velocity of 15 mph. The neutral axis lies on the 7th floor. Estimate the pressure difference for all the four walls of the 1st and 16th floors considering only the wind and the stack effects. What is the net pressure difference on these floors and determine whether there will be infiltration or exfiltration on these floors? The draft coefficient Cd=0.8 and the indoor-outdoor temperature difference is 50oF. The standard sea level air density = 0.0765 lb./ft3.

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