LOAD COMBINATIONS

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 LOAD COMBINATIONS (ASCE 7-05)
 ALLOWABLE STRESS DESIGN  ULTIMATE STRENGTH DESIGN
S1 D U1 1.4 D
S2 DL U2 1.2 D  1.6 L  0.5 Lr
S3 D  Lr U3 1.2 D  1.6 Lr  1.0 L
S4 D  0.75 L  0.75 Lr U4 1.2 D  1.6 Lr  0.8W
S5 D W U5 1.2 D  1.6 Lr  0.8W
S6 D W U6 1.2 D  1.6W  1.0 L  0.5 Lr
S7 D  0.75 L  0.75 Lr  0.75W U7 1.2 D  1.6W  1.0 L  0.5 Lr
S8 D  0.75 L  0.75 Lr  0.75W U8 0.9 D  1.6W
S9 0.6 D  W U9 0.9 D  1.6W
S10 0.6 D  W
 DEFLECTION AND DRIFT
D  0.5L  0.7W (ASCE 7-05, CC.1.2) 0.7W is for wind with 20-year MRI,
where W is for 50-year MRI
where
D = Dead load Lr = Roof live load
L = Live load W = Wind load (Assumed 50-Year Returning Period)

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 LOAD COMBINATIONS (ASCE 7-10)
 ALLOWABLE STRESS DESIGN  ULTIMATE STRENGTH DESIGN
S1 D U1 1.4 D
S2 DL U2 1.2 D  1.6 L  0.5 Lr
S3 D  Lr U3 1.2 D  1.6 Lr  1.0 L
S4 D  0.75 L  0.75 Lr U4 1.2 D  1.6 Lr  0.5W
S5 D  0.6W U5 1.2 D  1.6 Lr  0.5W
S6 D  0.6W U6 1.2 D  W  1.0 L  0.5 Lr
S7 D  0.75 L  0.75 Lr  0.45W U7 1.2 D  W  1.0 L  0.5 Lr
S8 D  0.75 L  0.75 Lr  0.45W U8 0.9 D  W
S9 0.6 D  0.6W U9 0.9 D  W
S10 0.6 D  0.6W
 DEFLECTION AND DRIFT
D  0.5L  Wa (ASCE 7-10, CC.1.2) Wa is wind load based on
serviceability wind speeds according
where
Lr = Roof live load to engineering judgment
D = Dead load
L = Live load W = Wind load (Assumed 300, 700-1700-Year Returning Period
according to risk category)
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 LOAD COMBINATIONS (ASCE 7-10)
 DEFLECTION AND DRIFT

D  0.5L  0.7W (ASCE 7-05, CC.1.2) 0.7W is for wind with 20-year MRI,
where W is for 50-year MRI
0.7
D  0.5 L  W (Equivalence between ASCE 7-05 and 7-10)
1.6 I
D  0.5 L  0.55W 0.7
1.6𝐼
is for wind with 20-year MRI,
(I=1 risk category II) W = Wind load (Assumed 300, 700-1700-Year Returning
Period according to risk category)

Wa is wind load based on serviceability

D  0.5L  Wa (ASCE 7-10, CC.1.2) wind speeds according to engineering
judgment

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 LOAD COMBINATIONS (ASCE 7-10)
 ULTIMATE STRENGTH DESIGN

(ASCE 7-05) (ASCE 7-10)

U6 1.2 D  1.6W  1.0 L  0.5 Lr U6 1.2 D  W  1.0 L  0.5 Lr
U7 1.2 D  1.6W  1.0 L  0.5 Lr U7 1.2 D  W  1.0 L  0.5 Lr

 The load factor on L in combinations 6 and 7 is permitted to equal

0.5 for all occupancies in which Lo is less than or equal to 4.78
kN/m2, with the exception of garages or areas occupied as places of
public assembly.

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