Fundamental Basic Wind Speed in Albania: An Adoption in Accordance with Eurocodes

Abstract

Non-EU states are in the process of adopting and implementing Eurocodes as design standards. The majority of Eurocodes have been translated in Albania; however, their National Annexes are incomplete. Fundamental basic wind velocity is one of the topics in the Eurocodes for structural design, and this study presents a method for calculating it, based on available wind velocity data as well as past studies and technical design codes. Existing wind speed maps with a 2 percent chance of exceedance (PoE) have insufficient information about wind speed duration, orography, and the data they were derived from, as well as other references. A correlation must be conducted in order to utilise current maps, studies, and wind data in compliance with Eurocodes. The purpose of this work is to investigate the nature of the data included in existing wind maps and other available wind velocity sources, as well as to construct a fundamental wind speed map of Albania compliant with Eurocodes.