I have been given a set of plans to do a wind analysis on for a home with a gambrel roof. A wind analysis on a gambrel is new to me. I have done several hip and gables. I have been looking though ASCE-02 for guidance. It does not seem to address this shape roof. Would it be wrong to analysis it as a gable with the steepest pitch? Thanks.
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gambrel roof - wind design
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On my website homepage, link below, download "Design of Barns to Withstand Wind Loads". This 1941 document covers gambrel roofs. Questions on gambrel framing comes up from time-to-time, there seems to be almost no engineering information available on it.
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