Clause Ref.

Assumptions:
5502-22, 15.3.1 Roof access is for cleaning and repair only.
6399-3, 4.3.1 No redistribution (drifting) of snow takes place.
Roof slope does not exceed 30.
6399-3, 4.5 No partial loading due to snow removal occurs.
6399-3, 6.2 Site altitude does not exceed 500m.
6399-3, 7.2.3 Consideration of the asymmetric load case is not required.
Input Data: Remarks:
5502-22, 14, Tab.1 Building class = 3
A = 99 m Site altitude
6399-3, 6.1, Fig.1 s
b
= 0.5
kN/m
2
Basic snow load on the ground
Calculations:
6399-3, 6.2 s
alt
= 0.14
kN/m
2
& 5502-22, 15.3.2.4 s
o
= 0.50
kN/m
2
Site snow load
6399-3, 7.2.3, Fig.3(a)
i
=
1
= 0.8 Shape coefficient
s
d
= 0.40
kN/m
2
Snow load on roof
5502-22, 15.3.2.2, Tab.3 = 0.61 Snow load conversion factor
s
d
(N) = 0.30
kN/m
2
Modified derived snow load
5502-22, 16.1.2, Tab.10
c
= 0.900 Classification factor
Output:
w = 0.270 kN/m
2
Classified snow load for Design
The worst load effect is caused by the uniformly distributed load rather than the
concentrated load.
Imposed Roof (Snow) Loads for Agricultural Buildings with Symmetrical Duopitch
Roofs to BS 6399-3:1988 & BS 5502-22:2003