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Roof Truss Design for Load Support

The document outlines requirements for designing a roof truss system to support dead loads, snow loads, and concentrated worker loads for a roof that is 28 feet wide and 12 feet high. The truss design must use No. 2 Southern Pine 2x4 lumber, have a spacing of no more than 24 inches, and satisfy allowable tensile and compressive stress limits while verifying that all constraints are met. The design process includes calculating loads, sizing truss members, estimating material needs and costs.

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Roof Truss Design for Load Support

The document outlines requirements for designing a roof truss system to support dead loads, snow loads, and concentrated worker loads for a roof that is 28 feet wide and 12 feet high. The truss design must use No. 2 Southern Pine 2x4 lumber, have a spacing of no more than 24 inches, and satisfy allowable tensile and compressive stress limits while verifying that all constraints are met. The design process includes calculating loads, sizing truss members, estimating material needs and costs.

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Objective

Design a roof truss system to support the following loads.

1. Dead Load 15 1b/ft2 (roofing plywood, paper, asphalt shingles)

2. Snow Load 25 lb/ft2 (code requirement for Philadelphia, PA)

3. Maintenance Workers (300 lb concentrated load on each joint)

Constraints

1. Material: No. 2 Southern Pine, 2x4 (1.5 in x3.5 in)


Allowable Tensile Stress= 825 lb/in2 (Stress= Force/Area)
Allowable Compressive Stress = 1650 lb/in2 (Stress= Force/Area)

2. Truss Spacing Not to Exceed 24 inches (typical code requirement). Building Depth is fixed at 30
feet.

3. ASSUME ALL FORCES ARE APPLIED THROUGH THE JOINTS. Convert Dead Load and Snow Load to
a distributed load on each truss. Replace the total load on each of the upper members with a
vertical force, half of the force applied to the joint on each end of the member. Apply the
maintenance worker concentrated load at each of the upper joints.

4. Assume that each truss is simply supported (use pin/roller support conditions).

5. Roof will be 28 feet wide and 12 feet high

Requirements

1. Provide a brief report and summary of calculations that document your design.
2. Verify that constraints are met.
3. Estimate the total length of 2x4 material needed.
4. Estimate total cost to purchase 2x4 material by using an internet source for pricing.

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