I wonder if fire proofing thickness is considered at calculating area for Wind Pressure area or not.
The structural member is H-beam.
If not, is there any method for considering fire proofing thickness to wind pressure area?
Hi,
The fireproofing specification is adding the selfweight to the structure, but it is not considered in wind load generation. One of the workarounds would be to increase a wind load factor in proportion to the increase of area due to fireproofing, normal to the wind load action.