The wind pressure distributions were analyzed through the wind tunnel experiment to provide fundamental criteria for the structural design on the three-span arched house according to the wind directions. In order to investigate the wind force distribution, the variation of the wind force coefficients, the mean wind force coefficients, the drag force coefficients and the lift force coefficients were estimated from the experimental data. The results obtained are as follows : 1. The variation of the wind force with the wind directions on the side walls was the greatest at the upwind edge of the walls. The change of pressure from the positive to the negative on the side walls occurred at the wind direction of 30˚ in the first house and 60˚ in the third house. 2. The maximum negative wind force along the length of the roof appeared at the length ratio of 0-0.2, when the wind directions were 90˚ in the first house, 60˚ in the second house and 30˚ in the third house. 3. The maximum negative wind force along the width of the roof appeared at the width ratio and the wind direction of 0.4 and 0˚ in the first house, 0.4-0.6 and 30˚ in the second house and 0.6 and 30˚ in the third house, respectively. 4. The maximum mean positive and negative wind forces occurred at the wind direction of 60˚ and 30˚, respectively, on the side walls of the first house, and the maximum mean negative wind force on the roof occurred at the wind direction of 30˚ in third house. 5. The maximum drag and lift forces occurred at the wind direction of 30˚, and the maximum lift force appeared in the third house. 6. The parts to be considered for the local wind forces were the edges of the walls, the edges of the x-direction of the roofs, and the locations of the width ratio of 0.4 of the first and third house and the center of the width of the second house for the y-direction of the roofs.

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