snow loads in afghanistan 1

[dewood1234]

I am working on a structural design for a facility in Kabul. I am using the military's UFC Design Code (along with IBC and ASCE). Unfortunately, these references do
not provide a design value for ground snow loads for this area. Any advice.

 

[SlideRuleEra]

The US Department of Defense "Structural Load Data" does NOT give a value. The only location given is for Kabul, and it is blank. See page D-1 of this download:

http://www.wbdg.org/ccb/DOD/UFC/ARCHIVES/ufc_3_310_01_c1.pdf

The recommendation given states: "At locations where the ground snow load is not provided, use the best available locality information. For additional guidance contact the authorizing design agency." See page 1-4 for this quote.

Since much of Afghanistan is mountainous, snow load is probably localized with much variation - just as in mountainous parts of the US. Here is a document that gives some guidance on ground snow accumulation and and educated guess on potential worst case snow loading:

http://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/bitstream/2097/1316/1/CenkYoldas2004.pdf

See page number 104 of the document.

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