CANOPY WIND LOAD
CANOPY WIND LOAD
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Greetings; It seems that ASCE7-02 does not cover wind load in canopy trusses (i.e open building). I am working on a steel canopy with cold formed trusses @4'-0" o.c. and spanning 60'-0". If I use a tributary area of 4’x60’=240 sf x (say 20 psf) =4,800# per truss which I believe is tooo conservative. Any suggestions??, thanks..
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RE: CANOPY WIND LOAD
That being said, for a 60' truss at 4' o.c., 4800 lbs doesn't sound conservative to me at all, but I'm used to enclosed buildings.
RE: CANOPY WIND LOAD
RE: CANOPY WIND LOAD
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RE: CANOPY WIND LOAD
RE: CANOPY WIND LOAD