WINDLOAD CALCULATOR based on representative segment of building

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PROJECT: SAMPLE BUILDING

DATE 1/17/2007 BUILDING SEGMENTS ASCE equiv mph

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BASIC WINDSPEED 105 mph wind maps 125 mph 3 sec gusts
DEGREE OF ROOF SLOPE 22.619864623 degrees (from table below)
ROOF PITCH enter rise 5 in 12 degrees roof pitch
ROOF span 36 ft 4.763639 1/12
ROOF WIDTH usually matches wall length ft 65 ft include overhangs 9.4623218 2/12
ROOF SF WEIGHT lbs 25 lbs 14.036243 3/12
ROOF OVERHANG 1 ft in span direction 18.417758 4/12
TOTAL ROOF HEIGHT above wall 8.00 ft to peak or high point 22.619865 5/12
TOTAL BUILDING HEIGHT to roof peak 20.00 ft 26.565051 6/12
WALL LENGTH long wall 65 ft 30.256436 7/12
WALL HEIGHT 12 ft 33.687423 8/12
FASCIA LEADING EDGE 6 in high 32.5 36.869898 9/12
WALL SF WEIGHT 25 lbs 39.805569 10/12
WALL WEIGHT per long wall 19500 lbs 1 if flat .5 if peak 42.51044 11/12
SLOPE LENGTH to highpoint 26.50 ft 0.5 45 12/12
TOTAL ROOF AREA 3,445 sf 1
WINDWARD ROOF AREA 1,723 sf 135.00 0
TOTAL ROOF WEIGHT 86,125 lbs enter 1 for hip roof
WALL WINDLOAD AREA per long wall 780 sf
degree to radians conversion
FOOTING DEPTH ft 1.33 ft 22.6199 degrees
WIDTH ft 1.33 ft 0.39479 radians
if footing segments LENGTH ft 65 ft
1 total WT per cf 150 lbs 2.480437 Coeff Lift = 2 * pi * angle of attack in radians
65 ft long ea totalCF conc 115 cf
17,247 lbs ea TOTAL FOOTING WT 17,247 lbs = 4.26 cy concrete
WALL, FOOTING AND ROOF WT LESS UPLIFT 66,817 lbs RESULT MUST BE POSITIVE TO PREVENT LIFTING

TOTAL long WALL, FOOTING AND ROOF WT. 122,872 lbs

WINDWARD WALL TOTAL 22,015 lbs by: velocity squared times .00256).
WINDWARD WALL PRESSURE PSF 28 psf
LEEWARD WALL SUCTION PSF 25,383 psf
SIDE WALL SUCTION PSF 25,383 psf

TOTAL ROOF UPLIFT leeward 56,055 LIFT=.5*.00238*VELsquared*SFarea*CL

TOTAL ROOF PRESSURE windward 56,055 lbs
WINDWARD ROOF PRESSURE 33 PSF
LEEWARD ROOF UPLIFT PSF 33 PSF 1
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