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ENGINEERING WITH OPEN WEB STEEL JOISTS

PITCHED JOISTS SLOPED JOISTS

Canam can provide longspan joists with a variety of
pitched chord configurations.
TOP CHORD SINGLE PITCHED UNDERSLUNG
TOP CHORD SINGLE PITCHED SQUARE ENDS
For sloped joists, the load and span shall be defined as
outlined below. This allows the use of the load tables for
joists with slopes larger than 1/2 inch per foot.
Span:
The span of a parallel chord sloped joist shall be defined
by the length along the slope. Minimum depth, load-
carrying capacity, and bridging requirements shall be
determined by the sloped definition of span. The
Standard Load Table capacity shall be the component
normal to the joist.
Load:
Where the design live load is applied vertically over
the plan length and the design dead load is applied
vertically over the sloped length, select a joist with
Load-Table capacity = LL*cos2 α + DL*cos α
Canam will automatically design for the component of
the load parallel to the joist which acts as a top chord
axial load.

LL
α

α
LL * cos 2 α

TOP CHORD DOUBLE PITCHED UNDERSLUNG

DL α
α DL * cos α

TOP CHORD DOUBLE PITCHED SQUARE ENDS SPA α

N LOAD-TABLE
CAPACITY

STANDING SEAM ROOFS

Where a standing seam roof is attached directly to the
joist top chord, or any other instance where decking will
not provide lateral support on the top chord, Canam
will design a bridging system to provide the required top
chord lateral support, in accordance with the following
specifications of sections 5.8(g) or 104.9(g).

STANDING SEAM
ROOF SYSTEM

JOIST TOP CHORD Indianapolis Airport,

Indianapolis, IN

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