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  • Feb 28, 2010, 02:49 PM
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    Wind load on the underside of a beach house elevated on pilings?
    ASCE 07-05 is silent on an enclosed building elevated on a frame (e.g. a beach house on pilings). Is there any guidance for the load on the under (floor) side? Is it reasonalbe to assume it is the opposite of the roof load?
  • Jul 20, 2010, 12:28 PM
    mosteen
    Don't think you would assume opposite of roof load. Underside of structure would at best be assumed as a "flat" roof but it is at a lower elevation then typical roof plane and therefore the analysis could be time consuming to obtain realistic values; and some of that load would be in suction and therefore resist uplift... I'm not aware of any provisions for calculating such loads in ASCE 7 or IBC;

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