Pole Buildings (Post Frame Bldg Design)
Pole Buildings (Post Frame Bldg Design)
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Does anyone know of a good book for doing structural calcs for pole buildings? I have the National Frame Builders Assoc. Design Manual but it discourages the use of knee braces and does not cover other types of reiforcement very well. I also have the DAFI program available from their web site. Some of the buildings I have been asked to design cannot be justified by calculations without using some form of bracing. I had to bow out of one project because it was in a high wind area and had a very large sail area.





RE: Pole Buildings (Post Frame Bldg Design)
I just surfed over to http://www.asae.org/, arg, $51! Not today...
Post-Frame Building Design
Provides a concise summary of post-frame design. Learn how the development of pressure treated materials and lightweight metal sheeting have allowed post-frame building to develop into a viable multi-purpose structural system. 332 pages, 1992, 6 x 9 inches, hardbound. ISBN: 0-929355-29-6. Order No. M1092 Member $44.00 List $51.50
I know that the Canadian Wood Design Manual has some good info on pole buildings, too.
RE: Pole Buildings (Post Frame Bldg Design)
Looks like some good and previously unk to me resources.
Dave
RE: Pole Buildings (Post Frame Bldg Design)
RE: Pole Buildings (Post Frame Bldg Design)
"How to Design Pole Type Buildings" by Donald Patterson, SE available through American Wood Preservers Institute
"Post-Frame Building Design, ASAE Monograph Number ll" published by American Association of Agricultural Engineers
The Timber Framers Guild has a book on Engineering Timber Frame Structures available through their web site at www.tfguild.org
RE: Pole Buildings (Post Frame Bldg Design)
RE: Pole Buildings (Post Frame Bldg Design)
RE: Pole Buildings (Post Frame Bldg Design)