ASCE 7-02, Open, Enclosed or Partially Enclosed
ASCE 7-02, Open, Enclosed or Partially Enclosed
(OP)
For a building, like a truck terminal or airplane hanger where the doors are a significant % of the wall area and there are usually multiple doors, how are you handling the determination of Open, Enclosed or Partially Enclosed. All the doors could be open, they all could be closed or some combination in between.






RE: ASCE 7-02, Open, Enclosed or Partially Enclosed
RE: ASCE 7-02, Open, Enclosed or Partially Enclosed
RE: ASCE 7-02, Open, Enclosed or Partially Enclosed
Yes, doors are openings and the doors themselves are designed as C&C. However, whether the door is open or closed affects the internal pressure of the building. In a building with numberous large doors, do you figure they are all open, all closed or a % of them open and a % closed? This can have a big effect on the building framing and roof deck and at first glance it seems too conservative to design for the case all doors on one side are open and all on the other side closed. Or, all doors closed or all doors open. What are the designers of truck terminals or airplane hangers doing in actual practice?
RE: ASCE 7-02, Open, Enclosed or Partially Enclosed
RE: ASCE 7-02, Open, Enclosed or Partially Enclosed
So much is packed into a name sometimes.