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ASCE <br />M <br />Ce = 1.2 Exposure Factor as determined from Table 7-2 <br />Ct = 1.2 Thermal factor as determined from Table 7-3 <br />D = Snow Density in pcf as determined from Eq. 7-4 <br />hb = Height cf balanced snow load determined by dividing Pf by D, in feet. <br />hd = Height of snow drift, in feet <br />he = Clear height from top of balanced snow to top of parapet, ft <br />hr = 3.08 = Fascia height, ft <br />I = 1.0 = Importance factor (see Table 7-4). <br />Pf = Snow load on flat roofs, psf. <br />Pg = 25 =ground snow, psf. <br />Pd = Maximum intensity of drift surcharge load, psf. <br />lu = 24 = Length of roof upwind of the drift, feet <br />w = Width of snow drift, in feet <br />Section 7.3--Flat-Roof Snow Loads, Pf <br />The snow load, Pf, on a roof with a slope equal to or less than 5' shall be calculated in psf using equation 7-1, but not less than the <br />following mimimum values fcr low slope roofs: where Pg is 20 psf or less Pf = I(Pg), where Pg exceeds 20 psf, Pf = 20 (1). <br />Section 7.7 & Section 7.8 <br />The geometrey of the surcharge load due to snow: drifting shall be approximated by a triangle as shown in figure 7-8. Drift loads <br />shall be superimposed on the balanced snow load. If he/hb is less than 0.2, drift loads are not required to be applied. <br />The height of such drifts shall be taken as 0.75 x hd as determined from Fig 7-9, with lu equal to the length of the roof upwind of <br />the projection or parapet wall. If the side of a roof projection is less than 15 it long, a drift load is not required to be applied to <br />that side. If the height, hd, is equal to or less than hc, the drift width shall equal 4hd and the ddl height shall equal hd. If this height <br />exceeds hc, the drift width, w, shall equal 4 hdz/hc and the drift height shall equal hc. However, the drift width w shall not <br />exceed 8hc. The maximum intensity of the drift surcharge load, pd, equals hd x D where the snow density, D, is defined by Eq 74. <br />Section 7.10--Rain-On-Snow Surcharge Load <br />For locations where Pg is 20 psf or less but not zero, all roofs with a slope less than 1 /2 hill, shall have a 5 psf rain -on -snow <br />surcharge load appled to establish the design snow loads. Where the minumum flat roof design snow loadfrc,n Section 7.3.4 <br />exceeds Pf as determined by eq. 7-1, the rain -on -snow surcharge load shall be reduced by the difference between these two valuos <br />with a maximum reduction of 5 psf. <br />Pf= <br />0.7 x Ce x Ct x I x Pg <br />Eq 7-1 <br />Pf = <br />25.0 psf <br />hd = <br />0.75 x (0.43(lu)A1/3 x <br />(Pg+10)A1/4-1.5) <br />Ref. Fig. 7-9 <br />hd = <br />1.14 ft <br />D= <br />0.13Pg + 14 < 30 psf <br />Eq 7-4 <br />w <br />D = <br />17.25 psf <br />w <br />hb = <br />1.45 ft <br />he =hr-hb = <br />1.63 ft <br />-ter <br />he/hb = <br />1.13 Consider Drift <br />hd" <br />LPf <br />_/ r7RIFTSURCHARGE <br />w = <br />4.55 ft <br />hn <br />FIGURE 7-8 <br />Pd = <br />D x hd<D x he <br />Configuration of Snow Drifts on Lower Roofs <br />Pd = <br />19.62 psf <br />hC I <br />1 hr <br />09/10/2008 39089.123 Page 2 of 20 <br />