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The following roof framing plan shows girders, purlins, and subpurlins. If a dead load of 10.6 psf acts on the tributary area of one of the 50-ft girders, determine the equivalent distributed load that acts on the girder.

You have been tasked with designing a theater. According to ASCE 7-10, what is the risk category for this building? Note that specific examples for each category are listed in the ASCE 7 commentary at the end of the document.

You have been tasked with designing a one-story building as a sewage treatment plant. The mean roof height is 25 ft, the roof angle is 20 degrees, and the effective wind area is 10 square feet. The basic wind speed has been provided by the local building authority and is 120 mph. Assume that exposure category C is applicable and that the building is not located on a hill or an escarpment. Also assume that the building is an enclosed simple diaphragm and that the building meets all five conditions listed in ASCE 7-10 section 30.5.1. Determine the adjustment factor for building height and exposure, λ, for the Components and Cladding using the Simplified Envelope Procedure.

You have been tasked with designing a one-story building as a sewage treatment plant. The mean roof height is 15 ft, the roof angle is 10 degrees, and the effective wind area is 10 square feet. The basic wind speed has been provided by the local building authority and is 110 mph. Assume that exposure category B is applicable and that the building is not located on a hill or an escarpment. Also assume that the building is an enclosed simple diaphragm and that the building meets all five conditions listed in ASCE 7-10 section 30.5.1. Determine the positive net design wind pressure for h = 30 ft, pnet30, on Zone 2 of the Components and Cladding using the Simplified Envelope Procedure.

You have been tasked with designing a one-story emergency communications center. The mean roof height is 15 ft, and the roof angle is 20 degrees. The basic wind speed has been provided by the local building authority and is 115 mph. Assume that exposure category D is applicable and that the building is not located on a hill or an escarpment. Also assume that the building is an enclosed simple diaphragm and that the building meets all eight conditions listed in ASCE 7-10 section 28.6.2. Determine the adjustment factor for building height and exposure, λ, for the Main Wind Force Resisting System using the Simplified Envelope Procedure.

A 9-ft-long, simply-supported beam supports a uniformly distributed dead load of 45 lb/ft. Determine the maximum bending moment in the beam.

Find the reduced roof live load for a one-story building which has columns evenly spaced every 14 feet in the north-south direction and 17 feet in the east-west direction. The building has an ordinary pitched roof with a slope of 12 inch/foot.

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Determine the flat roof snow load, pf, for a building kept below freezing with a roof that is fully exposed in terrain category D and has a risk category of I. Assume the ground snow load is 45 psf. Do not consider the minimum roof snow load, pm.

Use the MWFRS Envelope Procedure in ASCE 7-10 Chapter 28, Part 1 to answer this question. Assume that the building meets the conditions described therein. You have been tasked with designing an enclosed building. The mean roof height is 25 ft, and the roof angle is 30 degrees. The basic wind speed provided by the local building authority is 125 mph. Assume that exposure category D is applicable and that the building is not located on a hill or an escarpment. Determine the MWFRS design wind pressure, p, on Zone 3E using the negative value of GCpi for Load Case A. Disregard the minimum pressure of 16 psf described in section 28.4.4.