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Jun 21, 2023
Chapter 14
Design Examples
Publication: Snow Loads: Guide to the Snow Load Provisions of ASCE 7-22
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This chapter presents three complete snow load design examples. The first is a gabled roofed metal building with a roof step, located in a moderately heavy ground snow load area. It illustrates the determination of various types of drift loads. The second is a pole barn with a hip roof located in a low ground snow load area. It illustrates, among other things, the determination of unbalanced loads on hip roofs and checks for minimum roof snow loads and rain-on-snow loads. Finally, the third is a solar paneled roof in a moderately heavy ground snow load area. The design illustrates, among other things, the balanced load and drift load provisions.
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Snow Loads: Guide to the Snow Load Provisions of ASCE 7-22
Pages: 137 - 152
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© 2023 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Jun 21, 2023
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ASCE Technical Topics:
- Buildings
- Design (by type)
- Drift (structural)
- Engineering fundamentals
- Engineering materials (by type)
- Engineering mechanics
- Load and resistance factor design
- Load factors
- Materials engineering
- Metals (material)
- Rain loads
- Roofs
- Snow loads
- Static loads
- Statics (mechanics)
- Structural behavior
- Structural design
- Structural engineering
- Structural systems
- Structures (by type)
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Michael O’Rourke, Ph.D.
P.E.
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