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CURVELINE 180° MANSARD STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS DESIGN EXAMPLE*

*ENGINEERING CALCULATIONS REPRESENTED HEREIN ARE FOR ILLUSTRATION PURPOSES ONLY, AND ARE NOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY SPECIFIC CODE. PLEASE CONSULT WITH A QUALIFIED DESIGN PROFESSIONAL AND LOCAL BUILDING CODES BEFORE ATTEMPING TO DEVELOP A CURVED SPAN TABLE.

DESIGN LOADS PROVIDED BY JOB SPECIFICATIONS OR A QUALIFIED DESIGN PROFESSIONAL.

DESIGN LOADS*

LIVE 40 PSF (SNOW)
DEAD 2 PSF (PANEL)
 WIND1 88 PSF (UPLIFT)

 

 


 

SKETCH OF MANSARD CONFIGURATION FOR COMPUTER ANALYSIS SHOWING ASSUMED MEMBERS AND JOINT LOCATIONS TO ALLOW PANELS TO APPROXIMATE A RIGID MEMBER

TABLE OF JOINT CO-ORDINATES FOR VARYING RADII
RADIUS JOINT 1 JOINT 2 JOINT 3 JOINT 4 JOINT 5 JOINT 6 JOINT 7 JOINT 8 JOINT 9
2'-0" 0, 0 0.15, 0.77 0.59, 1.41 1.23, 1.85 2, 2 2.77, 1.85 3.41, 1.41 3.85, 0.77 4, 0
4'-0" 0, 0 0.3, 1.53 1.17, 2.83 2.47, 3.7 4, 4 5.53, 3.7 6.83, 2.83 7.7, 1.53 8, 0
6'-0" 0, 0 0.46, 2.3 1.76, 4.24 3.7, 5.54 6, 6 8.3, 5.54 10.24, 4.24 11.54, 2.3 12, 0
8'-0" 0, 0 0.61, 3.06 2.34, 5.66 4.94, 7.39 8, 8 11.06, 7.39 13.66, 5.66 15.39, 3.06 16, 0
10'-0" 0, 0 0.76, 3.83 2.93, 7.07 6.17, 9.24 10, 10 13.83, 9.24 17.07, 7.07 19.24, 3.83 20, 0
12'-0" 0, 0 0.91, 4.59 3.51, 8.49 7.41, 11.09 12, 12 16.59, 11.09 20.49, 8.49 23.09, 4.59 24, 0
14'-0" 0, 0 1.07, 5.36 4.1, 9.9 8.64, 12.93 14, 14 19.36, 12.93 23.9, 9.9 26.93, 5.36 28, 0

 


 

THE MAXIMUM BENDING MOMENTS FOR THE DESIGN LOADS AND RADII ARE AS FOLLOWS (FROM COMPUTER OUTPUT)

RADIUS SPAN LIVE  WIND
(ft-in) (ft-in) (ft-lbs/ft) (ft-lbs/ft)
2'-0'' 4'-0'' 15 146
4'-0'' 8'-0'' 60 586
6'-0'' 12'-0'' 134 1318
8'-0'' 16'-0'' 239 2343
10'-0'' 20'-0'' 373 3661
12'-0'' 24'-0'' 537 5272
14'-0'' 28'-0'' 731 7176


 

TTHE GRAPH AT RIGHT CHARTS THE MAXIMUM MOMENT CREATED AS A RESULT OF WIND UPLIFT THE VARYING RADII.

THE GRAPH CAN BE USED TO DETERMINE THE ALLOWABLE SPANS FOR CURLINE PANEL PROFILES "A" THROUGH "X" BY PLUGGING THE MINIMUM SECTION MODULUS FOR EACH PROFILE INTO THE FOLLOWING FORMULA.*

Mmax = Fb x Sx/12

WHERE:
Fb IS TAKEN AS 0.6*Fy
Fy = 50 KSI (ASSUMED)
Sx IS THE PANEL'S NEGATIVE BENDING PROPERTY

span table diagrma

 



CURVELINE 180° MANSARD
EXAMPLE SPAN TABLE*

PROFILE GA. Sx Mmax SPAN
E 24 0.112 280 5'-6''
MAXIMUM PANEL SPAN BEFORE CURVING: 5'-0"
MAXIMUM PANEL SPAN AFTER CURVING: 5'-6"
SPAN INCREASE FROM CURVING: 10%





DESIGN CONDITIONS:

  • SECTION MODULUS ARE MINIMUM PER PROFILE. SEE CURVELINE PROFILE SHEET FOR PANEL CONFIGURATION.
  • PANELS WERE ASSUMED TO BE GRADE "A" Fy = 50 KSI IN DETERMINING SPANS.
  • NO INCREASE WAS TAKEN DUE TO LOADS BEING SHORT TERM WIND.
  • PANEL SPAN IS THE HORIZONTAL DISTANCE FROM SUPPORT TO SUPPORT. CONSULT CURVELINE INC. FOR TYPICAL OR CUSTOM FRAMING DETAILS.
  • EXAMPLE SPAN TABLES DO NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WEB CRIPPING, SHEAR, COMBINED SHEAR AND BENDING EFFECTS, OR DEFLECTION LIMITS

1 WIND LOADS ACTING NORMAL TO THE PANEL SURFACE, WITH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE PRESSURES COMBINED TO CREATE A WORST CASE EFFECT

* ENGINEERING CALCULATIONS REPRESENTED HEREIN ARE FOR ILLUSTRATION PURPOSES ONLY, AND ARE NOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY SPECIFIC CODE. PLEASE CONSULT WITH A QUALIFIED DESIGN PROFESSIONAL AND LOCAL BUILDING CODES BEFORE ATTEMPING TO DEVELOP A CURVED SPAN TABLE.


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