Mastering the ASCE 7-22 Directional Procedure: Eliminating Torsion Errors & Reducing Wind Risk
This online engineering PDH course examines the principles, procedures, and professional applications associated with the ASCE 7-22 Directional Procedure for irregular and multi-level buildings.
This course examines the limitations of simplified wind design approaches when buildings exhibit irregular geometry, torsion sensitivity, or discontinuous load paths, emphasizing when more advanced procedures become necessary. It provides a step-by-step professional workflow for applying the ASCE 7-22 Directional Procedure to irregular and multi-level buildings.
Moreover, this course explains directional pressure development, torsional response, load-path interpretation, software verification, and the preparation of defensible wind design documentation. It demonstrates how to determine wind loads more accurately, evaluate torsional effects more realistically, and avoid common modeling and software-related blind spots.
In addition, this course guides participants in producing clear, review-ready wind design calculations suitable for professional practice and builds confidence in applying the Directional Procedure when simplified methods are no longer sufficient and technical defensibility is critical.
This 5 PDH online course is applicable to structural engineers and other technical professionals involved in wind design and structural analysis of buildings.
This PE continuing education course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Determining when irregular, setback, or multi-level building behavior requires the ASCE 7-22 Directional Procedure rather than simplified envelope-based wind analysis.
- Executing a complete directional wind-design workflow from velocity pressure calculation through MWFRS force development, load combinations, and structural interpretation.
- Evaluating torsional wind effects more realistically by recognizing eccentricity, stiffness imbalance, and force redistribution in wall-frame systems.
- Incorporating setbacks, roof transitions, and geometric irregularities into more representative wind-load determination.
- Detecting common software and modeling errors that can suppress or distort critical directional wind response.
- Producing technically defensible wind design calculations and documentation suitable for professional practice, peer review, and higher-risk building conditions
In this professional engineering CEU course, you need to review the course document titled, “Mastering the ASCE 7-22 Directional Procedure: Eliminating Torsion Errors & Reducing Wind Risk”, which is prepared by Ibrahim Metwally, Ph.D., P.E.
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Once you complete your course review, you need to take a multiple-choice quiz consisting of twenty-five (25) questions to earn 5 PDH credits. The quiz will be based on the entire document.
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