Report BR 123 Load tests on full-scale cold formed steel roofs. Part 2: Zed purlin system
Publication Year
1988
Document Status
Current
Abstract
The work presented in this report investigates the performance of part of a full-scale, cold formed, zed purlin roof under test loads representative of drifting snow. The tests carried out included: - the application of uniformly and variably distributed loads up to working and design loads. - long-term load tests. - the application of an increasing variably distributed load until structural failure occurred. The report compares the performance of the roof subject to the different loading regimes and identifies the additional forces induced by the variably distributed load. The performance of the roof under the long-term loads and load to failure are discussed, and tentative recommendations are put forward for long-term testing. Recommendations are made for the design of roofs subjected to drifting snow.
Document History
This document is no longer available from the original publisher, therefore the status is unconfirmed.
Author
Moore, D. B. and Sims, P. A. C.
ISBN
9780851252742
Publisher Information
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