DESIGN CRITERIA

BUILDING LOCATION CRITERIA

Occupancy Category:
Exposure, Category:
Wind Zone:
Main Wind Force Resisting System

Standard Occupancy Structures

Category B
Zone 2 (200 kph)
(Kd = 0.85)

TRUSS SPECIFICATIONS
Truss Spacing:
Span Length:
Truss Height:
Truss weight:

3.0 meters
15 meters
3.75 meters
212.63 Pa
(Using Howe Equation: 35.93 +11.78L)

MATERIALS SPECIFICATIONS
Top Chords / Bottom Chords:
Web Members:
Gusset Plate:
Connection Bolts:

A36 Steel Double-Angle Shape

A36 Steel Angle Shape
A36 Steel
A325 (Threads are included from shear
plane)

A36 Steel

Fy = 248 MPa
Fu = 420 MPa
Fnt = 620 MPa
Fnv = 330 MPa

A325
LOAD CRITERIA
A. Roof Truss
Dead Load
Weight of Roofing Materials
Weight of Purlins (Assumed)
Ceiling
Weight of Truss
Utilities

100 Pa
92 Pa
240 Pa
212.3 Pa
240 Pa

Roofing Live Load

(Based on Method 1: NSCP 2010, Table 205-3): 600 Pa

B. Ceiling and Floor level

Minimum Design Dead Load
Cement Tile
Water Proofing (Bituminous, Smooth Surface)
Floor Fill (Lightweight Concrete per mm)
Floor & Floor Finishes: Cement Finish (25 mm)
On Stone Concrete Fill
Windows, Glass, Frame & Sash
Ceiling (Plaster on Tile or Concrete)
100mm CHB Interior Both Face Plastered
150mm CHB Exterior Both Face Plastered

0.77 KPa
0.07 KPa
0.015 KPa
1.53
0.38
0.24
1.76
2.40

KPa
KPa
KPa
KPa
KPa

Reinforced Concrete Slab

Concrete
Concrete, min 28 day Compressive Strength
Reinforcement Steel Bars
12 mm
10 mm

24 KN/m3
fc = 21 MPa
fy = 415MPa
fy = 415MPa

Live Loads
Residential
Basic Floor Area
Stairs
Hallway

1.90 KPa
1.90 KPa
3.80 KPa

FOUNDATION
(Not Applicable)
REFERENCES
National Building Code of the Philippines
National Structural Code of the Philippines 2010 Sixth Edition