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You have been tasked with designing a one-story building as a sewage treatment plant. The mean roof height is 15 ft, and the roof angle is 10 degrees. The basic wind speed has been provided by the local building authority and is 120 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.

Find the reduced roof live load for a one-story building which has columns evenly spaced every 13 feet in the north-south direction and 30 feet in the east-west direction. The building has an ordinary pitched roof with a slope of 1 inch/foot.

Determine the rain load, R, on a flat roof given the following data.Vertical distance from primary roof drain to scupper inlet, ds = 6.7 in.Vertical distance to top of rain water above scupper inlet, dh = 3.5 in.

The following roof framing plan shows girders, purlins, and subpurlins. If a dead load of 8.41 psf acts on the tributary area of one of the purlins, determine the equivalent point load that acts at the center of the purlin.

Find the reduced roof live load for a one-story building which has columns evenly spaced every 29 feet in the north-south direction and 20 feet in the east-west direction. The building has an ordinary pitched roof with a slope of 5 inch/foot.

The following roof framing plan shows girders, purlins, and subpurlins. If a dead load of 11.09 psf acts on the tributary area of one of the columns, determine the equivalent point load that acts on the column.

The following roof framing plan shows girders, purlins, and subpurlins. If a dead load of 7.69 psf acts on the tributary area of one of the purlins, determine the equivalent distributed load that acts on the purlin.

You have been tasked with designing a building for storing extremely hazardous materials. 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.

A 13-ft-long, simply-supported beam supports a uniformly distributed dead load of 50 lb/ft. Determine the maximum bending moment in the beam.

If a building contains columns that are evenly spaced every 26 feet in the north-south direction and 22 feet in the east-west direction, the tributary area of a typical exterior column would be _______.