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CE 40 Q1 2015 07 - 06

A. The roof truss below is from an enclosed building used for heavy storage, located near the open coast of Sabang, Palawan. It is
propped on 10-meter high-columns and designed with a tributary width of 16m.
1. Determine the resultant dead load on the truss.
2. Determine the design wind loads on the truss using Method 1.
3. Determine the design wind loads on the truss using Method 2.
4. Determine the reactions at the supports of the truss for a design combination of dead load and live load, DL + LL.
5. Determine the reactions at the supports of the truss for a design combination of dead load, live load, and wind load (DL + LL
+ WL). Use design wind loads from #3 with negative internal pressure. (If multiple load cases are available, use one load
case only)
6. Determine the column base reactions due to wind load. Use design wind loads from #3 with negative internal pressure. (If
multiple load cases are available, use one load case only)

1.

2.

Required: Resultant Dead Load

Solution:
Corrugated GI
Purlins
Truss Members

2.67 m

1.33 m

WIND

Assume the truss is

located in the
interior

(2)(12.65m)(16m)(20kg/m2)(9.81m/s2)
(2)(7)(16m)(7.9kg/m)( 9.81m/s2)
(81.06 m)(1500mm2)(0.001)2(77.3 kN/m)
Total

Required: Design Wind Loads (Method 1)

Solution:
Mean roof height:
10m + 2m = 12m
Exposure Category:
Category D*
Roof angle, :
arctan(4/12) = 18.43
Tributary width, Tw:
16 m

:
Kzt:
Iw:

1.74
1.0
1.0

Zone**

79.42 kN
17.36 kN
9.40 kN
106.18 kN

For Category D
Exposure
Ps9***
Ps

ps T w

-0.13

-0.23 kPa

3.68 kN/m

-0.55

-0.96 kPa

15.36 kN/m

-0.42

-0.73 kPa

11.68 kN/m

Notes: *Exposure Category C may also apply.

**only these zones apply for interior roof
***Ps9 values are for 20. Interpolated values of P s9 for 18.43 are ideal.

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WIND

3.

Required: Design Wind Loads (Method 2)

Solution:
Mean roof height:
12m
Exposure Category:
Category D
Roof angle, :
arctan(4/12) = 18.43
Tributary width, Tw:
16 m
h/L:
4/24 = 0.17

G:
Kzt:
Iw:
Kd:
V:

0.85
1.0
1.0
0.85
150 kph

Design wind pressure for roof (based on equation 207.17, design wind loads for all heights):
p = qhGCp qh(GCpi)
Cp:

Interpolated values for = 18.43

Angle,
18.43
-0.36
0.14

15
-0.5
0.0

20
Normal to ridge, 10
-0.3
and h/L 0.25
0.2
(GCpi): +0.18, -0.18
qh:
qh = 47.3 106 2
Kz =1.22 (for z = 12m, Exposure Category D)
qh = 1.10
Design wind pressures, p:
Cp = -0.36

pTw

Cp = 0.14

+GCPi

-GCpi

+GCPi

-GCpi

-0.5346 kPa

-0.1386 kPa

-0.0671 kPa

0.3289 kPa

-8.48 kN/m

-2.22 kN/m

-1.07 kN/m

5.26 kN/m

Sample load diagram for design wind load, Cp = -0.36 and Gcpi = -0.18:

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4.

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Required: Truss support reactions for DL+LL combination

Solution:

FBD

Ra = 629.09 kN
Rby = 629.09 kN
Rbx = 0

5.

Required: Truss support reactions for DL+LL+WL combination

Solution:
Case for design wind load used: Cp = 0.14 and Gcpi = -0.18, where p = 0.3289 kPa

Load Combination
DL + LL
WL
DL + LL + WL

Ra
629.09 kN
-26.64 kN
602.45 kN

Rby
629.09 kN
-26.64 kN
602.45 kN

Rbx
0
0
0

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6.

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Required: Column base reactions due to wind load only

Solution:

WIND

*C and D have to be fixed to keep the structure stable. The structure is still statically determinate.
Design wind pressure for walls (based on equation 207.17,
design wind loads for all heights):
Windward:
p = qzGCp qh(GCpi)
Leeward:
p = qhGCp qh(GCpi)
Cp:
Windward: 0.8
Leeward: -0.5 (B 32 ; L/B 0.75)
(GCpi):
+0.18, -0.18
Support Reactions from Truss (wind load only)
Ra = -63.12 kN
Rb = -63.12 kN

Windward Column AC
z

Kz

qz

p (w/ -Gcpi)

pTw

4.5

1.03

0.93

0.83 kPa

13.31 kN/m

1.08

0.98

0.86 kPa

13.80 kN/m

7.5

1.12

1.01

0.89 kPa

14.19 kN/m

1.16

1.05

0.91 kPa

14.58 kN/m

10

1.18

1.07

0.92 kPa

14.78 kN/m

Leeward Column BD

Mc = 707.95 kN-m
Rcx = 138.53 kN
Rcy = - 26.64 kN

Kh

qh

p (w/ -Gcpi)

pTw

12

1.22

1.10

-0.27 kPa

-4.33 kN/m

Md = 216.5 kN-m
Rdx = 43.3 kN
Rdy = - 26.64 kN