Proposed Code Provisions for Drifted Snow Loads
- 1 September 1986
- journal article
- Published by American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in Journal of Structural Engineering
- Vol. 112 (9) , 2080-2092
- https://doi.org/10.1061/(asce)0733-9445(1986)112:9(2080)
Abstract
Current code provisions for drift snow loads on multilevel roofs are examined in light of recent research results from a statistical study of approximately 350 drift load case histories. New provisions are proposed in which the design drift load is a function of the length of the upper‐level roof and the 50‐yr mean recurrence interval ground snow load. It is felt that these new proposed provisions result in a design drift load with a mean recurrence interval of about 50 yrs.Keywords
This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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- Uniform Snow Loads on StructuresJournal of the Structural Division, 1982