AIC DPFBS R-Factor Method 35 3.5 DEFLECTIONS In its current brochure, Lysaght [5] does not give recommended deflection limits for purlins and girts. However, Lysaght did provide recommendations in previous brochures on the basis of extensive practical experience. These recommendations were as. follows: (a) Under maximum or total design load: span/120; (b) Under combined dead and live load: span/! 50; and (6) Under live load alone: span/I80. These limits applied in a working stress design environment and as such, the appropriate regional basic design wind speed for calculating deflections was the same as the strength design wind speed. This wind speed corresponds to Y, in the current wind loading code AS1170.2 [10] and is greater than the current serviceability wind speed V,. In view of the lack of current recommendations from Lysaght, and as Stramit recommends a maximum deflection limit of span/150, the following deflection limits are now proposed. ‘+ Under dead load alone: Span/360 © Under live load alone: Span/180 + Under serviceability wind load alone: Span/150 ‘The limit of span/150 for serviceability wind load alone may be more stringent than before but some account has been taken of the reduction in wind speed from 7, to ¥,, Both the Stamit and Lysaght tables present distributed loads corresponding to a span/150 deflection for the serviceability limit state, These tables can be factored readily to give a span/360 or a span/180 deflection. 3.6 AXIAL LOADS ‘As mentioned in Section 3.1, purlins may be required to act as compression members to transfer end wall wind loads to the nodes of the triangulated roof bracing system with the assistance of roof sheeting acting as a diaphragm or a deep beam. Under this condition, the purlins are therefore subjected to combined actions (bending and compression), Lysaght presents formulae in their design brochure for the axial capacity of purlins based partly on.any ieserve of flexural strength. If there is no reserve of flexural strength, the axial capacity is taken to be zero, The Stramit brochure does not present specific formulae, but directs the user to the provisions of the combined axial load and bending Clause 3.5 of AS/NZS4600. 3.7 PURLIN CLEATS Standard purlin and girt cleats have ably stood the test of time and are generally used without analysis or design. ‘The standard sizes for lapped purlins which require only two bolts are 75x8 flats for up to 250 purlins and girts, and 75x12 flats for 300 and 350 purlins and girts. When purlins are unlapped, four holes in the cleat are required and the cleat width increases from 75 mm to 130 mm.