gambrel roof - wind design

[mschwier]

I have been given a set of plans to do a wind analysis on for a home with a gambrel roof. A wind analysis on a gambrel is new to me. I have done several hip and gables. I have been looking though ASCE-02 for guidance. It does not seem to address this shape roof. Would it be wrong to analysis it as a gable with the steepest pitch? Thanks.

 

[SlideRuleEra]

On my website homepage, link below, download "Design of Barns to Withstand Wind Loads". This 1941 document covers gambrel roofs. Questions on gambrel framing comes up from time-to-time, there seems to be almost no engineering information available on it.

http://www.SlideRuleEra.net

 

[mschwier]

Thanks SlideRuleEra. I read it this weekend. Lots of good information. I think I will be spending sometime looking through your various links on your web page.