STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS & DESIGN REPORT
QATAR ECONOMIC ZONE 1 & 3 ADMIN & ARCHIVE OFFICE
PARAPET WALL ASSEMBLY
Location: Al Wakra, Qatar
Prepared By :
ARIEL A. BANTUGAN
Structural Design Engineer
Al Hamadi Trading
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
I.
GEOMETRY
II.
ANALYSIS METHODOLOGY
III.
BUILDING CODE REFERENCE
IV.
MATERIAL SPECIFICATIONS
V.
WIND LOADS
..
VI.
BRACING & CONNECTION DESIGN
I.
GEOMETRY
II. ANALYSIS METHODOLOGY
Parapet framing assembly is analyze and design as a simple truss with nodal loads on the joints
induced by wind loads with reversal direction that causes both tension and compression of the bracing.
III. CODE REFERENCE
QCS 2010
IV.
EN 1990:2005
Basis of Structural Design
BS EN 1991-1-1:2005
Actions on Structures
BS EN 1991-1-4:2005
Wind Actions
BS EN 1993-1-1:2005
General Rules & Rules for Buildings
BS EN 1993-1-3:2006
Cold Formed thin gauge Members & sheeting
BS EN 1993-1-8:2005
Design of Joints
MATERIAL SPECIFICATIONS
A. 89x41x0.75mm, Lip Cee LGS Section
Section
0.75 x 89 x 41x 11mm with Lips
Yield Strength
Fy = 550MPa
Coating
Zinc Coated, Z275
Channel Section
89mmx41mmx11mm Lip x 0.75mm thk.
SECTION PROPERTIES & CAPACITIES :
B. FASTENER (SELF DRILL SCREW)
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V. WIND LOADINGS
WIND LOADING AS PER BS EN1991-1-4:2005
I. Basic Data:
Reference Height , Z
Structure Width
Wall height
Roof Slope
Ze, for external pressure
Terrain category
=
=
=
=
=
=
7.50
53.10
6.00
5.00
m.
m.
m.
deg.
m.
III
see Table 4.1, page 20
Area with regular cover of vegetation or buildings or with isolated
obstacles with separations of maximum 20 obstacle heights (such as
villages, suburban terrain, permanent forest).
II. Basic Wind Velocity, vb :
v b = c dir x c season x v b,o
Equation 4.1, page 18
Directional factor, cdir
Seasonal factor, cseason
=
=
1.00
32.00 m/s
vb
=
III. Mean Wind Velocity, vm(z) :
32.00 m/s
Fundamental wind velocity
recommended value=1.0, Note 2, section 4.2
1.00
v m (z) = c r (z) x c o (z) x v b
Orography factor, co(z)
recommended value=1.0, Note 3, section 4.2
equvalent to 30 m/s mean hourly of QCS 2010
Equation 4.3
recommended value=1.0
1.00
Roughness factor, cr(z)
c r (z) = k r x ln(z/zo)
Equation 4.4
Roughness length, z0
Z0 for terrain category II, zo,II
=
=
=
=
Zmin
Z
use, Z
k r = 0.19 x (z o /z o,II ) 0.07
0.300 m.
0.05
5.00
7.50
7.50
m.
m.
m.
m.
Equation 4.5
therefore, k r
0.21539
therefore, c r (z)
0.69331
22.186 m/s
v m (z)
see Table 4.1
IV. Wind Turbulence, lv(z) :
lv(z) = k 1 /(c o (z) x ln(z/z o ))
turbulence factor,
therefore,
Equation 4.7
k1
1.00
l v (z)
0.31067
recommended value = 1.0, Note 2, section 4.4
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V. Basic Velocity Pressure, q b :
q b = 1/2 x air x v b 2
air density,
air
therefore,
qb
3
1.25 kg/m recommended value = 1.25, Note 2, section 4.5
2
640.00 Pa (N/m )
VI. Peak Velocity Pressure, qp :
q p (z) = [1 + 7l v (z)] x 1/2 x air x v m 2 (z)
Equation 4.8, Note 1, section 4.5
where,
l v (z)
air
v m (z)
22.186 m/s
q p (z)
2
976.64 Pa (N/m )
q p (z)
2
0.977 kPa (kN/m )
0.31067
3
1.25 kg/m
therefore,
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