Sports Netting
Sports Netting
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Does anyone have a source for determining the wind load on golf and baseball nettings? Are there some predetermined force coefficients to use or does one go into the solidity ratio method for partially open surfaces as per ASCE7?






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RE: Sports Netting
I used ASCE 7-05, Figures 6-20 and 6-22 and compared the results between the 2 figures. Read the Figure Notes for how these tables can be used.
I requested the net info from Manufacturer (rope thickness and spacing) and calc'd the surface area per square foot of net and determined the pressure. A net is open enough that it doesn't meet the 30% requirement to be considered a solid sign (but I checked it anyway using the (1-(1-e)^1.5) reduction factor to see what it would do.
Hope this helps.
RE: Sports Netting