WINDLOAD CALCULATOR

based on representative segment of building

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PROJECT: DATE 1/17/2007 SAMPLE BUILDING BUILDING SEGMENTS 105 mph 5 36 65 25 1 8.00 20.00 65 12 6 25 19500 26.50 3,445 1,723 86,125 780 1.33 1.33 65 150 115 17,247 66,817
obtain from local wind maps ASCE equiv mph 125 mph 3 sec gusts

BASIC WINDSPEED DEGREE OF ROOF SLOPE ROOF PITCH enter rise ROOF span ROOF WIDTH usually matches wall length ft ROOF SF WEIGHT lbs ROOF OVERHANG TOTAL ROOF HEIGHT above wall TOTAL BUILDING HEIGHT to roof peak WALL LENGTH long wall WALL HEIGHT FASCIA LEADING EDGE WALL SF WEIGHT WALL WEIGHT per long wall SLOPE LENGTH to highpoint TOTAL ROOF AREA WINDWARD ROOF AREA TOTAL ROOF WEIGHT WALL WINDLOAD AREA per long wall FOOTING if footing segments 1 total 65 ft long ea 17,247 lbs ea DEPTH ft WIDTH ft LENGTH ft WT per cf totalCF conc TOTAL FOOTING WT

22.61986462 degrees (from table below)

WALL, FOOTING AND ROOF WT LESS UPLIFT TOTAL long WALL, FOOTING AND ROOF WT.

in 12 degrees roof pitch ft 4.763639 1/12 ft include overhangs 9.462322 2/12 lbs 14.03624 3/12 ft in span direction 18.41776 4/12 ft to peak or high point 22.61986 5/12 ft 26.56505 6/12 ft 30.25644 7/12 ft 33.68742 8/12 in high 32.5 36.8699 9/12 lbs 39.80557 10/12 lbs 1 if flat .5 if peak 42.51044 11/12 ft 0.5 45 12/12 sf 1 sf 135.00 0 lbs enter 1 for hip roof sf degree to radians conversion ft 22.6199 degrees ft 0.39479 radians ft lbs 2.480437 Coeff Lift = 2 * pi * angle of attack in radians cf lbs = 4.26 cy concrete lbs RESULT MUST BE POSITIVE TO PREVENT LIFTING

122,872 lbs
22,015 28 25,383 25,383 lbs by: velocity squared times .00256). psf psf psf

WINDWARD WALL TOTAL WINDWARD WALL PRESSURE PSF LEEWARD WALL SUCTION PSF SIDE WALL SUCTION PSF

TOTAL ROOF UPLIFT leeward 56,055 LIFT=.5*.00238*VELsquared*SFarea*CL TOTAL ROOF PRESSURE windward 56,055 lbs WINDWARD ROOF PRESSURE 33 PSF LEEWARD ROOF UPLIFT PSF 33 PSF TRUE Griffithplans.com has stock plans, custom plans, and free const calculators and const information.