ESTIMATION OF DYNAMIC WIND PRESSURE FOR GREENHOUSE STRUCTURAL DESIGN

In countries where there is a greenhouse tradition, concerning both manufacturing and cultivations, it is widely accepted that the greenhouse is a construction much more complicated than initially thought and that the safety of the structure should be an object of continuous research.

This paper studies the dynamic pressure of wind that is defined in the greenhouse standards of Greece, U.S.A., The Netherlands, France, W. Germany, Italy.
It aims a) to compare these standards and to make known the wind loads which are taken into account in the structural design of greenhouses, b) to compare these standards with the Greek draft standard ELOT T.E. 32 on wind loads and make proposals so that it can be applicable to greenhouses, c) to assist in the development of an International greenhouse standard.

II Workshop on Greenhouse Construction and Design

N.N. Vassiliou, C. Nikita-Martzopoulou

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.1990.281.16