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BS5950 Part 5: Code of Practice for Design of Cold Formed Thin Gauge Sections

LOADINGS FOR ROOF TRUSS

1) DEAD LOADS Reference

Tile Roofing + Insulation = 0.65 kN/m2

Purlins Self Weight = 0.008 kN/m
Truss Self Weight = 0.06545 kN/m2
Ceiling Self Weight + Services = 0.3 kN/m2

2 ) LIVE LOAD

Live Load (Imposed Load) = 0.25 m/s kN/m2 Uniform Building By-laws 1984, Part V
Clause 63 (5) (a)
3 ) WIND LOAD

Basic wind speed, Vo = 40 m/s

Topography Factor, S1 = 1
Statistical Factor, S3 = 1
Wind Direction Factor,S4 = 1

Factor S2

From Table 3,
Height H≤ 15.0 m,
S2 = 1

The dynamic pressure q, corresponding to this design wind speed is given as: CP3: Chapter V: Part 2, 1972 P.13
q = 0.613Vs2
where Vs = V0*S1*S2*S3*S4 m/s
= 40 m/s

Therefore, q= 980.8 N/m2

Height to width ratio 1/2 < h/w ≤ 3/2 CP3: Chapter V: Part 2, 1972
Table 8, P.19
Roof pitch = 25 degree

For wind angle a = 0o CP3: Chapter V: Part 2, 1972

 Table 8, P.19

Cpe for windward side = -0.45

} CASE A
Cpe for leeward side = -0.5

For wind angle a = 90o CP3: Chapter V: Part 2, 1972

Table 8, P.19
Cpe for windward side = -0.8
} CASE B
Cpe for leeward side = -0.7

Cpi = -0.3 for approximately equal permeability CP3: Chapter V: Part 2, 1972
Appendix E, P.42
F = (Cpe - Cpi)qA CP3: Chapter V: Part 2, 1972
Clause 7.2
CASE A:

Windward: F= -0.1471 kN/m2

Leeward: F= -0.1962 kN/m2

CASE B:

Windward: F= -0.4904 kN/m2

Leeward: F= -0.3923 kN/m2

4) LOAD CASE

Loadings on TOP CHORD = Point loads from purlins

Span of purlin = 1.120 m

Load width of purlin= 0.900 m

A ) POINT LOADS Reference

Dead Loads (DL) = 0.7284 kN

Live Loads (LL) = 0.2520 kN

Wind Loads (WL) = -0.4943 kN (Note: +ve is downward)

Therefore:
Wind Load (â) = 0.0000 kN

Wind Load (á) = -0.4943 kN

B ) LOAD COMBINATIONS
Load cases to consider:
Case 1: 1.0G
Case 2: 1.0Q
Case 3: 1.0Ws
Case 4: 1.4G + 1.6Q
Case 5: G + 1.4Wu
Case 6: 1.4G + 1.6P

where :
G= Gravity load or dead load
Q= Live load or short term load
Ws= Wind serviceability load downwards
Wu = wind load upwards
wd = wind load downwards
P= 1.1 kN applied mid span

CASE 1:
1.0G = 0.7280 kN/m2

CASE 2:
1.0Q = 0.2820 kN/m2

CASE 3:
1.0Ws = 0.0000 kN/m2

CASE 4:
1.4G + 1.6Q = 0.5050 kN/m2

CASE 5:
G + 1.4Wu = 0.0360 kN/m2

CASE 6:
1.4G + 1.6P = 2.7790 kN/m2