When the wind blows from the south, it creates a uniform pressure of 1.0 kN/m2 on the south elevation. a. Our job is to convert the applied wind pressure into line loads that act at each diaphragm...

When the wind blows from the south, it creates a uniform pressure of 1.0 kN/m2 on the south elevation. a. Our job is to convert the applied wind pressure into line loads that act at each diaphragm level on the windward side. b. Then we are to convert the line loads into point loads that act at the locations where the diaphragms meet the lateral load-resisting elements.