Department of Engineering
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING
BUILDING SYSTEM DESIGN
LAB Activity 5
Alfred V. Matnog April 13, 2021
BSCE-3A
Lab activity 5: Using your two-storey residential building, Calculate the wind load, live load, and dead
load carried by the roof. Draw the load diagram of wind load, live load and dead load.
, Assumed Values
Top Chord Loads:
Roofing Sheets 0.05Kpa
Insulation Sheet 0.05Kpa
Purlins 0.1Kpa
Total = 0.2 Kpa
Line Load = 0.2Kpa x 2.8m = 0.56KN/m
Bottom Chord Loads:
MEP 0.1Kpa
Line load = 0.1Kpa x 2.8m = 0.28KN/m
Roof Live Load
Roof live load 0.75Kpa
Line load = 0.75Kpa x 2.8m = 2.1KN/m
2.8m is the width of tributary area
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING
BUILDING SYSTEM DESIGN
LAB Activity 5
Alfred V. Matnog April 13, 2021
BSCE-3A
Lab activity 5: Using your two-storey residential building, Calculate the wind load, live load, and dead
load carried by the roof. Draw the load diagram of wind load, live load and dead load.
, Assumed Values
Top Chord Loads:
Roofing Sheets 0.05Kpa
Insulation Sheet 0.05Kpa
Purlins 0.1Kpa
Total = 0.2 Kpa
Line Load = 0.2Kpa x 2.8m = 0.56KN/m
Bottom Chord Loads:
MEP 0.1Kpa
Line load = 0.1Kpa x 2.8m = 0.28KN/m
Roof Live Load
Roof live load 0.75Kpa
Line load = 0.75Kpa x 2.8m = 2.1KN/m
2.8m is the width of tributary area