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which is associated with the direction of an adjoining element
m
, it is seen from
Fig. 7.9 that the distributed load vector acting on this element is given by
2
ρ
VB
(
)
ˆ
(
)
ˆ
xt
,
q
=
⋅
B ψ v
⋅
⋅
(7.43)
m
q
m
p
2
where
ˆ
B
is given in Eq. 7.27 and where all cross sectional quantities are those that are
applicable to element
m
.
Fig. 7.9
Wind induced load components
