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Pitched Roof Frames Worksheet [US]


Project

 


Geometry
 
Frame Span : S1 ft
Base to Haunch Height : H1 ft
Haunch to Eaves Height : H2 ft
Eaves to Ridge Height : H3 ft
Max Purlin Spacing : S2 ft
Bay Spacing ft
 

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Dead on Roof : D kip/ft2
Live on Roof : L kip/ft2
Wind on Windward Wall : W1 kip/ft2
Wind on Windward Slope : W2 kip/ft2
Wind on Leeward Slope : W3 kip/ft2
Wind on Leeward Wall : W4 kip/ft2
 

Load Combination Multipliers

Dead

Live

Wind

DL

DLW

 

Plastic Moment Capacities

Column

Rafter

Mp = Sx * fy

kip-ft



 

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