Baseball netting wind load 1

[tw]

I am replacing a 21 foot tall chain link fence that only had 3" pipes at 9 ft o.c., which from a post selection guide for fencing I found it not adequate at all.

They are wanting to replace the fence with baseball netting and have the posts at 18 ft o.c., which I am to design. My question is there a publication or rule of thumb about wind loads on typical netting.

I have reached out to netting folks but not heard back.

TW

 

[MotorCity]

I am not aware of any publications. I assume there will be some tension in the netting to keep it up. You can determine what that tension is based on the weight of the net. To determine the effective area of the net for wind load, can you just use the same assumption that you used to determine the effective area of the fence (assuming the perforations in the fence and net are similar)? What governed your conclusion that the fence was not adequate? Stress in the pipes?

 

[bridgebuster]

This has come up before; here are two links that may help

http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=290728

http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=415244

 

[geoffdale]

Medeek had a spreadsheet that calculated this.

http://design.medeek.com/resources/fence/FENCE_CALCULATOR.pdf