Use A36 steel and select a structural tee for the top chord of the welded roof truss shown in the figure below. All connections are made with longitudinal plus transverse welds. Assume a connection length of
279.4mm
. The spacing of trusses in the roof system is
3.81m
. Design the following loads. Snow: 0.9576 kilopascals of horizontal projection Roofinq: 0.5746 kilopascals MC8
\times 8.5
purlins Truss weight:
453.592kgs
(estimated) a. Use LRFD. b. Use ASD.Use A36 steel and select a structural tee for the top chord of the welded roof truss shown in the figure below. All connections are made with longitudinal plus transverse welds. Assume a connection length of
279.4mm
. The spacing of trusses in the roof system is
3.81m
. Design the following loads. Snow: 0.9576 kilopascals of horizontal projection Roofinq: 0.5746 kilopascals MC8
\times 8.5
purlins Truss weight:
453.592kgs
(estimated) a. Use LRFD. b. Use ASD.