PO Box 2224 PURLIN SIZER

Gaborone
Telephone 323462 STRUCTURAL CALCULATIONS
Facsimile 323632
e-mail carl.bauer@info.bw By CB Nov-00

1.0 PURLIN SIZER KEY Recommended values (may be altered)

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1.1 MATERIAL PROPERTIES

Steel properties Steel pypurlin 230 N/mm2

Young's mod, E 2E+05 N/mm2

note The steel properties are for ordinary commercial grade steel. These should be used unless
the supplier is able to guarantee a higher grade of steel

roofing material IBR sheet selfweight 0.09 kN/m2

ceiling material none selfweight 0 kN/m2

note IBR sheeting and no ceiling is assumed for selfweight purposes. If another material is used adjust the
selfweight accordingly

1.2 PURLIN GEOMETRY AND LOADING

GEOMETRY LOADING

Purlin span L 5m DL purlin DLP Err:504 kN/m2

Purlin centres pc 1.85 m Live load LL 0.3 kN/m2

Sag rod centres sc 2.5 m Wind load WL 0.700 kN/m2

Roof slope rs 15 degrees

note Live load for inaccessible roofs is specified as 0.3kN/m2 but if you have other requirements
this can be changed here

note Wind uplift is typical for a single storey building in a populated area in Botswana but can be much
larger for exposed situations or tall buildings

note If roof slope is larger than 15 degrees results should be used with care as in plane gravitational
effects become significant

1.3 PURLINS SELECTED

MINIMUM WEIGHT PURLIN

no. of compliant purlins
row h (mm) b (mm) c (mm) t (mm) m (kg/m) weight kg/m2 of this weight
Err:504 ### ### ### ### Err:504 Err:504 Err:504

MINIMUM DEPTH PURLIN

no. of compliant purlins

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 row h (mm) b (mm) c (mm) t (mm) m (kg/m) weight kg/m2 of this depth
Err:504 ### ### ### ### Err:504 Err:504 Err:504

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