Wind load on Open Structure

hi sirs,

In my understanding, the concept for wind load on open structure is different from SACS, am I right?
In SACS, I would have to define an area including (1)its centroid and (2)a joint or joints in seastate input file.

Then I have no any clue where can I define the wind intensity according to height like in staad.pro.

I would have posted my question in SACS forum but I would like to hear the opinion from professionals who know staad.pro as well.

Thanks!

In case it helps, the following wiki will point you to the appropriate sections of the help that deals with wind load generation

http://communities.bentley.com/products/structural/structural_analysis___design/w/structural_analysis_and_design__wiki/27194.how-to-apply-wind-load

Hi,

For applying wind load, you need to first generate the Load definition and then only you can apply the same in Load cases details.

Though STAAD has ASCE 7 - 10 Wind Load generator but for Indian Code you need to manually calculate the Intensity vs. Height in respective units and add them into the Wind load definition. For open structure, you can switch on the toggle while applying these definitions in Load Case Detail.

For more information you can refer article 5.31.3 from the technical reference manual SS6 which can be downloaded using the following thread.