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A column is loaded in compression as follows. What is the controlling factored load for LRFD?Dead load: 20 kipsFloor live load: 6 kipsRoof rain load: 8 kipsRoof live load: 7 kips

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.