Load Calculation

General Parameters

Risk_Category ≔ “II” Table 1.5-1 in ASCE 7-16

Soil_Class ≔ “D” ASCE 7-16 CH11 / 11.4.3

θ ≔ 0° Roof Angle Submitted Drawings

h ≔ 14 ft Mean building Roof Height Drawings

Wstruct ≔ 20 ft Width of structure

Lstruct ≔ 48.5 ft Length of structure

APPLIED LOADS

Dead Load:

DL=Own Wt. Assumed dead load

Roof Live Load:

RLL ≔ 20 psf Table 4.3-1

Snow Load:

Pg ≔ 20 psf Ground Snow Load ASCE Hazard Report

Surface_Rough ≔ “C” Surface Roughness Category ASCE 7-16 Section 26.7.2

Exposure_Cat ≔ “C” Exposure Category ASCE 7-16 Section 26.7.3

Ce ≔ 0.9 Exposure Factor Table 7.3-1 / Fully exposed

Ct ≔ 1.2 Thermal Factor Table 7.3-2 / Unheated & Open

air structures

Cs ≔ 1 Roof Slope Factor Fig. 7.4-1

Risk_Category = “II”
Is ≔ if Risk_Category ＝ “I” = 1.00 Table 1.5-2
‖ return 0.80
‖
else if Risk_Category ＝ “II”
‖ return 1.00 Snow Importance Factor
‖
else if Risk_Category ＝ “III”
‖ return 1.10
‖
else
‖ return 1.2
‖

Flat Roof Snow Load:

∴ Pf ≔ 0.7 ⋅ Ce ⋅ Ct ⋅ Is ⋅ Pg = 15.12 psf ASCE 7-16 Eq. 7.3-1

Sloped Roof Snow Load (Balanced): Eq. 7.4-1

∴ Ps ≔ Cs ⋅ Pf = 15.12 psf
Drift snow Load : ASCE 7-16 / 7.6

0.13
γ ≔ ―― ⋅ Pg + 14 pcf = 16.6 pcf llower ≔ 35 ft lupper ≔ 300 ft
ft
S ≔ 0 ft Separation distance

hc ≔ 45 ft - 14 ft = 31 ft Roof difference in height S < 6 ⋅ hc = 1

Ps hc hc
hb ≔ ―= 0.91 ft ―= 34.034 ―> 0.2 = 1
γ hb hb

lu ≔ lupper = 300 ft

3 ‾‾‾
lu 4 ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾
Pg
hd1 ≔ ‾‾
Is ⋅ 0.43 ⋅ ―⋅ ―― + 10 ⋅ ft - 1.5 ft = 5.237 ft Leeward drift
ft psf FIGURE 7.6-1

lu ≔ llower = 35 ft

⎛ ‾‾‾ ⎞ Windward drift

3 lu 4 ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾
Pg
hd2 ≔ 0.75 ⋅ ⎜ ‾‾
Is ⋅ 0.43 ⋅ ―⋅ ―― + 10 ⋅ ft - 1.5 ft⎟ = 1.344 ft FIGURE 7.6-1
⎜⎝ ft psf ⎠⎟

hd ≔ max ⎛⎝hd1 , hd2⎞⎠ = 5.237 ft

w ≔ min ⎛⎝4 ⋅ hd , 8 ⋅ hc⎞⎠ = 20.947 ft

P1 ≔ γ ⋅ ⎛⎝hd + hb⎞⎠ = 102.051 psf

P2 ≔ γ ⋅ ⎛⎝hb⎞⎠ = 15.12 psf

Minimum Snow Load for Low-Slope Roofs, pm ASCE 7-16/ 7.3.4

Pm ≔ 20 psf ⋅ Is = 20 psf

PARTIAL LOADING ASCE 7-16/ 7.5

Does not apply due to zero slope
Wind Load:

Open structure

Relevant Parameters:

Risk_Category = “II” Risk Category Mentioned Above

V ≔ 108 mph Basic Wind Velocity Hazard Report

(Per Local Amendment)

Kd ≔ 0.85 Wind Directionality Factor Table 26.6-1

Exposure_Cat = “C” Exposure Category ASCE 7 26.7.3

Kzt ≔ 1.0 Topographic Factor §26.8.1, §26.8.2,

Table 26.8-1

elev ≔ 1004.9 ft Ground Elevation ASCE 7-16 Hazards Report

Above Sea Level (feet)
elev
-0.0000362 ⋅ ――
ft
Ke ≔ e = 0.96 Ground Elevation Factor Table 26.9-1

Velocity Pressure Exposure Coefficients: §26.10.1, Table 26.8-1, §26.2

∴ zg ≔ 900 ft Nominal Height of

Atmospheric Boundary Layer

α ≔ 9.5 3-Second Gust-Speed Table 26.11-1

Power Law Exponent

Kh ≔ 0.85 Velocity Pressure Table 26.10-1

Exposure Coefficient

psf
∴ qh ≔ 0.00256 ⋅ Kh ⋅ Kzt ⋅ Kd ⋅ Ke ⋅ V 2 ⋅ ――― = 20.8 psf Velocity Pressure §26.10.2
mph 2 Eq. 26.10-1
Pressure Coefficient on Open structure FIGURE 30.11

Pressure coefficient

G ≔ 0.85

hc ≔ 14 ft he ≔ 45 ft

hc
―= 0.311
he

⎡ -0.6 ⎤
Cpn ≔ ⎢
⎣ 0.9 ⎥⎦

⎡ -10.61 ⎤
p ≔ G ⋅ Cpn ⋅ qh = ⎢ psf
⎣ 15.914 ⎥⎦