1.

0 LOAD ANALYSIS

Span of roof truss = 7.2m

Spacing of the truss = 3.0m

Nodal spacing of the trusses = 1.2m

Permanent (dead) Loads

Self weight of long span aluminium roofing sheet (0.55mm gauge thickness) = 0.019 KN/m 2

Weight of ceiling (adopt 10mm insulation fibre board) = 0.077 KN/m 2

Weight of services = 0.1 KN/m2

Weight of purlin (assume CH 150 x 75 x 18 kg/m) = (18 x 3m)/(1.2 x 3) = 15 kg/m 2 = 0.147 KN/m2

Self weight of trusses (assume) = 0.2 KN/m2

Total deal load (Gk) = 0.536 KN/m2

Therefore the nodal permanent load (GK) = 0.536 KN/m 2 x 1.2m x 3m = 1.9296 KN

Variable (Imposed) Load

Category of roof = Category H - Roof not accessible except for normal maintenance and repairs (Table
6.9 EN 1991-1-1:2001)

Imposed load on roof (Qk) = 0.75 KN/m2

Therefore the nodal variable load (QK) = 0.75 KN/m 2 x 1.2m x 3m = 2.7 KN

Wind Load
Wind velocity pressure (dynamic) is assumed as = qp(z) = 1.5 kN/m2

When the wind is blowing from right to left, the resultant pressure coefficient on the windward and
leeward slopes with positive internal pressure (cpe) is taken as -0.9

Therefore the external wind pressure normal to the roof is;

qe = qpcpe = -1.5 x 0.9 = 1.35 kN/m2

Vertical component pev = qe cos Q = 1.35 x cos 36.869 = 1.08 kN/m2 acting upwards \

Therefore the nodal wind load (WK) = 1.08 KN/m2 x 1.2m x 3m = 3.888 KN
2.0 STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS
2.1 Analysis for dead load

The nodal dead load from section 1.0 is now placed on the nodes of the trusses. It should be realised
that at the first and last nodes, the loads are halved because the inter-nodal load distance will be 1.2/2.
The loading is shown in Figure 3 below.

Support Reactions

Let the summation of moment about joint 12 be zero; ^M 12 = 0

7.2R1 - (0.965 x 7.2) - (1.93 x 6) - (1.93 x 4.8) - (1.93 x 3.6) - (1.93 x 2.4) - (1.93 x 1.2) = 0

R1 = = 5.79 KN

Let ^Fy = 0

We can verify that R12 = R1 = 5.79 KN

Since there are no horizontal loads, then there are no horizontal reactive forces

ANALYSIS OF INTERNAL FORCES

In all cases note that F j = Fj

i- -i

JOINT 1

G = tan-1 (H) = 36.869

Let = 0
5.79 - 0.956 + F1-2 (sin 0) = 0
F1-2 = ,-4'834 = -8.0568 KN (COMPRESSION)
12 v 7
sin 36.869