Wind loading standards and design criteria in Japan

This paper introduces the Building Standard Law of Japan and the BCJ Recomm endations for Structural Safety for Wind. Both are official documents publi shed by the government or its agency. It then introduces the AIJ Recommenda tions for Loads on Buildings and AIJ Guidelines for the Evaluation of Habit ability to Building Vibration. These two documents are not official ones, a nd designers are not bound by them. Finally, the BCJ Guidebook on Wind Tunn el Experiments for Building Engineers is introduced as a manual relevant to wind-resistant design of buildings. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rig hts reserved.