Enter the force coefficient for vessel here. This factor accounts for the shape of the structure.
This factor is known as pressure coefficient, Cq in the UBC wind code.
The acceptable range of input is between 0.5 and 1.2. This can be seen as:
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ANSI A58.1 refer to Table 12
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ASCE 7-93 refer to tables 11-14, p21-22
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ASCE 7-95, refer to tables 6-6 to 6-10, p32-33
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ASCE 7-98, refer to tables 6-9 to 6-13
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ASCE 7-2002, refer to tables 6-18 to 6-22, p68-72
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UBC-1997 code, refer to table 16-H