Ridge Beam - lateral and uplift load path?

[jgeng]

Can someone walk me through there opinion of the lateral and uplift wind load path of a 1 story masonry building with a ridge beam and rafters hung off beam? the roof has a very low pitch. considering the wind coming from the gable end would the wood roof diaphgragm bring the loads to the walls or would it be going through the ridge beam to the walls perpindicular to the beam at the end of the roof? is there any special detailing needed to insure both halves of the roof diaphragm act as one? How about uplift force, does it go through the ridge beam or only through the rafters to the wall? It seems to me typical light frame ridge beam connections are usually not designed to have these full uplift and lateral capacities?

 

[Lion06]

I'm taking the SE I in October. JAE, I know you think that is a waste of time (and I don't necessarily disagree), but I'm probably going to be looking for a job closer to home and the sooner I pass the PE, the sooner I can make that happen.

 

[ToadJones]

EIT,
Say you pass SEI, and get your PE, don't you still have to take the new combined SEI and SEII to get your SE?

 

[ToadJones]

how about ...
"P Structural E"
Hell, I might take that for myself, but my name now is already pretty cool, don't you think?

 

[Lion06]

Toad........... I do like that name. I would have o take the new exam for the SE, but thy means I have to put off my job search for another 6 months.

StructuralSE seems redundant, but that's always a good thing and maybe there's a little play there with redundancy in structural engineering. I do like that the more I think about it - especially
since I have no sense of humor myself (I can appreciate itinerary others, but I have none myself).