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    loading case for typical rafter sitting on two walls

    I am designing a steel rafter (cold formed section SHS or RHS) to support roof loading with the worst case being about 10kpa upwards. I have simply taken the contributing area for the line load on the rafter as 3.6m x 2.4m (room is 4.8x3.6m), rafter 3.6m long. So i have been conservative in...

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