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    External Pressure Coefficients on Saw-tooth and

    Mono-sloped Roofs

    Authors:

    Bo Cui, Ph.D. Candidate, Clemson University, 109 Lowry Hall, Clemson, SC 29634-

    0911, [email protected] O. Prevatt, Assistant Professor, Clemson University, 314 Lowry Hall, Clemson,

    SC 29634-0911, Phone: 864-656-5941, [email protected]

    ABSTRACT

    A wind tunnel study to investigate wind pressures on single and multi-span saw-tooth

    roofs for a 1:100 geometrical scale model of a 1ow-rise building was carried out in

    atmospheric boundary layer wind tunnel at the Wind Load Test Facility at ClemsonUniversity. The purpose of this investigation was to further investigate wind loads on low

    rise buildings with mono-sloped and saw-tooth roofs and study the validity of ASCE 7-02

    specification on these buildings. By using larger models and a higher density of pressuretap than in previous studies, a greater resolution of the pressure variations was achieved.

    The paper presents representative results of the study that includes point and area-

    averaged wind pressure coefficients on models with varying spans and building heights.

    Local peak pressures and area-averaged pressures obtained in this study are comparedwith the design values specified in ASCE 7-02 and with results of previous wind tunnel

    studies. The results presented showed no significant difference in wind pressures

    between the windward span of the saw-tooth roof and the mono-sloped roof. Comparingresults with ASCE 7-02 suggest that the current wind design provisions for mono-sloped

    roofs may be un-conservative.

    KEYWORDS: Low-rise building; wind-tunnel modeling; external pressure

    coefficients, saw-tooth, mono-sloped roof

    INTRODUCTION

    Codified provisions for saw-tooth roofs have been included in building design guidelinesin the Australian Standard [AS 1170.2, 1989] and in the ASCE 7 since 1995 [ASCE 7

    1995] . The current version of [ASCE 7-02] provides the specific values for saw-tooth,

    multi-span gable and mono-sloped roofs shown in Table 1 below. From the table it isapparent that saw-tooth roofs should be designed for significantly higher wind loads at

    the corners and edges of the building when compared to gable-roof or multi-span gable

    buildings, For example, the roofing system installed on a high corner of a saw-tooth roof

    would be designed an external pressure coefficient of -4.1, while a similar corner locationon a mono-sloped roof would be designed for an external pressure coefficient of -2.9.

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    Roofing systems in US pre-dating the ASCE 7-95 were designed based on the lower

    design values prescribed for gable roof buildings (i.e. -2.6 at corners). Despite this fact,of higher design wind loads, forensic investigations of two roofing systems installed on

    saw-tooth buildings in Massachusetts found no unusual signs of increased failure of these

    systems from high wind loads. This discrepancy in wind design provisions needs to be

    investigated to determine the validity of current design value relative to prior results fromwind tunnel studies. This experimental investigation was conducted to use to turn the

    validity of current design code values for saw-tooth roof and mono-sloped roofs.

    Roof slope 10 < < 30 (degrees)Area 10ft2 Area = 100ft2 Area 500ft2

    Roof Zone

    Shape1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3

    Saw-tooth (Span A) -2.2 -3.2 -4.1 -1.6 -2.3 -3.7 -1.1 -1.6 -2.1

    Saw-tooth (Span BCD) -2.2 -3.2 -2.6 -1.6 -2.3 -2.6 -1.1 -1.6 -1.9

    Mono-slope -1.3 -1.6 -2.9 -1.1 -1.2 -2.0 -1.1 -1.2 -2.0

    Gable (27 > 7) -0.9 -1.7 -2.6 -0.8 -1.2 -2.0 -0.8 -1.2 -2.0Multi-Gable -1.6 -2.2 -2.7 -1.4 -1.7 -1.7 -1.4 -1.7 -1.7

    TABLE 1EXTERNAL PRESSURE COEFFICIENTS FORGABLE,MONO-SLOPED AND SAW-TOOTH ROOFS (ASCE7-02)

    [NORMALIZED TO 3-SECOND GUST WIND SPEED AT MEAN ROOF HEIGHT]

    LITERATURE REVIEW

    [Holmes,

    1987] investigated local and area-averaged pressures on saw-tooth roof

    buildings based on wind tunnel tests on a 1:200 scaled, 5-span saw-tooth model with a

    roof slope of 20 degrees. The peak local pressure and area-averaged (32m

    2

    +/-) windpressure coefficients were found to be -7.6 and -3.86, respectively, normalized to the

    mean wind speed at eave height, at the high corner of the windward span (span A).Extending this research to mono-sloped, 2 and 4-span saw-tooth roof buildings, [Saathoff

    and Stathopoulos, 1992] investigated peak local and area-averaged pressure coefficients,

    using 1:400 scale models with roof slopes of 15 degrees. These researchers concludedthat the peak local wind pressure coefficients occurring at the high corners and high

    edges of the mono-sloped and windward span of the saw-tooth roof buildings were

    approximately the same, at -9.8 and -10.2, respectively, (normalized to the mean wind

    velocity at the lower eave height). In addition, they found that the peak local windpressure coefficient at the low corner of the saw-tooth roof significantly exceeded the

    values observed on the mono-sloped model (i.e. -7.9 vs. -4.7).

    While these previous research results provided valuable wind load design informationfor mono-sloped and saw-tooth roof buildings, there is an unexplained difference in peak

    wind loads in ASCE 7 for mono-sloped and saw-tooth roofs that are not supported in

    previous research results. To address these questions, the Clemson University windtunnel study was conducted using larger models and a higher density of pressure taps to

    provide greater resolution of the area-averaged pressure coefficients than was previously

    possible. In addition, the study includes the effect of building height and number of spans

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    on wind pressure distributions. Table 2 compares the experimental setups of two previous

    tests with the current study at the Wind Load Test Facility (WLTF).

    Saathoff and

    Stathopoulos (1992)

    Holmes

    (1987)Present Study

    Clemson (2006)

    Model Scale 1:400 1:200 1:100

    Prototype building

    dimension

    64 ft 200 ft 48 ft

    tall

    40 ft 128 ft 40 ft

    tall

    26 ft 98 ft 53 ft tall 38 ft tall

    23 ft tall

    Model dimensions 1.91in 6in 2.03in2.36in 7.68in

    2.34in

    3.12in 11.76in 6.36in 4.56in

    2.76in

    Roof Slope (degrees) 15 20 21

    No. pressure taps 66 taps 60 taps 290 taps

    Minimum tributary area

    per tap53.8 ft2 34.4 ft2 4.34ft2

    Number of span oftested model

    1, 2 and 4 span 5 span 1 ,2 , 3, 4, & 5 span

    Exposure category Open country Open country Open country

    Wind directions

    (degrees)

    0o, 30-150o in 15o

    increments & 180o20-60o in 5o

    increments

    0350o in 10o deg for 53ft1-span & 5-span,

    90-270o in 10o incr. othertests

    Turbulence at low

    eave/mean roof height0.2 0.2 0.18

    TABLE 2COMPARISON OF CLEMSON UNIVERSITY WLTFS WIND TUNNEL TEST SETUP WITH PRIORTESTS BY

    SAATHOFF ET. AL. AND BY HOLMES.

    EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS

    The wind tunnel studies were conducted out in the boundary layer wind tunnel of the

    Wind Load Test Facility (WLTF) at Clemson University. The wind tunnel is an open-

    flow wind tunnel with a 48-feet long test section, and a cross-section measuring 10 ft. by7 ft. We simulated upwind terrain using a 1:100 geometric scale and modeled the velocity

    profile and turbulence intensity for open country exposures. The wind speed at gradient

    height in the tunnel was approximately 12.5 m/s. The wind velocity and turbulence

    intensity profiles obtained in this experiment (normalized to 10 m. height at full-scale)are presented in the Figure 1.

    The building model consisted of five similarly shaped Plexiglas models, one of which

    having 290 pressure taps installed in the roof as shown in Figure 2. This instrumented

    model was interchanged with the other models of different spans to measure the pressuredistributions on the entire saw-tooth building.

    Pressure data from the wind tunnel was collected using eight Scanivalve ZOC33electronic pressure scanning modules connected to a RAD3200 digital remote A/D

    converter interfacing the pressure scanners with a PC. The pressure taps were attached to

    the pressure scanners by 12-in. long vinyl tubes having a 0.063 in. internal diameterRestrictors were installed in each tube to ensure a flat frequency response. Pressure data

    were sampled at a rate of 300 samples per second and recorded for a 120-second sample

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    time. Based on the velocity scale of 1:4 and the 1:100 length scale ratio of the wind-

    tunnel the sample corresponds to a full-scale record of approximately 15 minutes.

    FIGURE 1WIND VELOCITY AND TURBULENCE INTENSITY PROFILE (REFERENCE HEIGHT =10 m AT FULL SCALE)

    FIGURE 2MODEL USED IN STUDY AND TAP LOCATIONS

    0

    10

    20

    30

    40

    50

    60

    7080

    90

    100

    0.0 0.3 0.6 0.9 1.2 1.5

    0

    10

    20

    30

    40

    50

    60

    7080

    90

    100

    0.10 0.15 0.20 0.25 0.30

    Turbulence

    Intensity

    UTest/Uref

    z0=0.036mASCE

    Wind

    HC- high corner

    LC- low corner

    HE- high edgeLE - low edge

    SE - slope edge

    HC

    HE

    HC

    SE

    IN

    Span

    A

    Span

    B

    Span

    C

    Span

    D

    Span

    E

    SE

    5 Spans @26 = 130

    INSTRUMENTED SPAN

    IN - interior

    LC

    LE

    LC

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    To normalize the pressures, a Pitot tube, located 12 in. below the wind tunnel ceiling,

    was used as a reference for dynamic wind pressure. The test pressure coefficients weredetermined using the mean wind speed at the Pitot tube height and then normalized to 3-

    second gust wind speed at mean roof height, for the purpose of comparison with ASCE

    values. Equivalent wind pressure coefficients were calculated using the following

    equations:

    phsASCE GCVP2

    ,32

    1= (1)

    testpPitotTest CVP ,2

    2

    1= (2)

    Assuming thenTestASCE PP =

    2

    ,3

    ,

    2

    2

    ,3

    ,

    2

    2

    12

    1

    )(hs

    testpPitot

    hs

    testpPitot

    eqpV

    CV

    V

    CV

    GC ==

    (3)

    where was calculated by the Equation 4 provided by [Simiu and Scanlan, 1996]hsV ,3

    )

    )(5.2

    )3(1(

    0

    ,3

    z

    hLn

    scVV hhs

    += (4)

    P denotes wind pressure, denotes air density, 3s gust wind speed at mean roof

    height,

    hsV ,3

    PitotV the mean wind speed at the Pitot tube height in the wind tunnel, the

    wind pressure coefficient normalized to 3s gust wind speed at the mean roof height,

    the wind pressure coefficient normalized to the mean wind speed at the Pitot tube

    height in the wind tunnel,

    pGC

    testpC

    ,

    hV mean wind speed at mean roof height,z0 roughness length,

    h mean roof height, equivalent GCeqpGC )( p which is converted by test Cp.

    Area-averaged wind pressure coefficients are necessary for the design of cladding and

    components with larger tributary areas. While previous studies pneumatically averagedpressures over large areas, for this experiment, a numerical analysis method was used. To

    calculate area-averaged wind pressure coefficients based on the following equations:

    =

    =

    =n

    in

    i

    i

    i

    jipjareap

    A

    ACC

    1

    1

    ),(),( (5)

    ),( jareapC denotes instantaneous area averaged wind pressure coefficient,

    instantaneous point wind pressure coefficient at time-step j, n the number of taps in the

    area and tributary area of the ith tap in the averaged area limitation. Using the time

    history the statistic values of area-averaged wind pressure coefficients can be obtained.

    ),( jipC

    iA

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    RESULTS AND ANALYSIS

    Peak Local Negative Wind Pressure Coefficient Distribution

    For the purpose of comparing extreme (minimum) wind pressure coefficients on a mono-

    sloped roof and on varying span number saw-tooth roofs, mono-sloped and 2, 3, 4 and 5span saw-tooth roof models with 53 ft mean roof height in full scale were tested in thewind tunnel. Following the convention of ASCE, the windward and leeward spans of the

    saw-tooth buildings were denoted as spans A and E, respectively, with spans B, C and D

    denoting the middle spans. The pressure distributions for the high corners and the highedges of the windward spans of the saw-tooth roof buildings had similar shapes as the

    mono-sloped roof model. The spatial variation of peak negative pressure coefficients on

    mono-sloped and span A of the 5-span saw-tooth roof models are shown in Figure 3. The

    contour plots for the middle spans are similar with one another (not shown here). For theleeward spans, minimum wind pressure coefficient contours for the different span

    number models were also very similar.

    0 5 10 15 20 250

    5

    10

    15

    20

    25

    30

    35

    40

    45

    50

    -4

    -3.5

    -3

    -2.5

    -2

    -2

    -2

    -2

    -2

    -2

    -1.5

    -1.5

    -1

    .5

    -1.5

    -1

    .5

    -2 -1

    .5

    -2

    .5

    0 5 10 15 20 250

    5

    10

    15

    20

    25

    30

    35

    40

    45

    50

    -4-3.5

    -3.5

    -3-3

    -3

    -2.5

    -2.5

    -2.5

    -2

    -2

    -2

    -2

    -2

    -1.5

    -1.5

    -1.5

    -1.5

    -1.5

    -2

    -2-1.5

    -4

    -2

    CL

    Mono-sloped Roof Span A of Saw-tooth Roof

    FIGURE 3CRITICALNEGATIVE WIND PRESSURE COEFFICIENTS ON EACH SPAN OF 5-SPAN SAW-TOOTH ROOF (53

    MEAN ROOF HEIGHT)

    The most critical negative wind pressure coefficients always occurred in the high

    corner of the mono-sloped and on the windward span (span A) of the saw-tooth roofs.

    The critical wind direction varied from 220 to 240 for all buildings.o o

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    Figure 4 presents the extreme point negative wind pressure coefficients at each zoneof the mono-sloped and the 2-5 span saw-tooth roofs with a mean roof height 53 ft. The

    values in the high corners and high edges on span A of the multi-span saw-tooth and the

    mono-sloped roofs were very similar. In the high corner the peak value for the 2-5 span

    saw-tooth roofs was -4.6 and -4.3 for the mono-sloped roof. In the high edges the peak

    values were -2.8 and -2.74, respectively. The peak negative wind pressure coefficient onthe span A was higher than on other spans. The maximum value on the middle spans and

    leeward spans of the 2- through 5-span saw-tooth roofs was -2.9. For these spans theextreme peak negative wind pressure coefficient occurred in the low corners. The

    maximum value in magnitude was -3.99. For span A the measured peak negative wind

    pressure coefficient was -3.87 for the 2- to 5- span saw-tooth roofs, a value lower than thepeak value in the high corner of span A, but 29% higher than for the mono-sloped roof (-

    2.99).

    As the number of spans increased, the peak value in every zone changed. For span A

    of the saw-tooth roof models and mono-sloped roof model this variation in the highcorner and in the high edge was less than 10%, the maximum and minimum values being

    -4.31 and -4.61 respectively. The variation in other regions on span A was from 14% to25%. On the leeward span (span E), the peak values in each zone varied from 7% to 21%.The largest variation occurred in the sloped edge zone.

    -5.0

    -4.0

    -3.0

    -2.0

    -1.0

    0.0

    HC LC SE HE LE IN

    Mono 2-A 3-A 4-A 5-A

    -5.0

    -4.0

    -3.0

    -2.0

    -1.0

    0.0

    HC LC SE HE LE IN

    2-E 3-E 4-E 5-E

    -5.0

    -4.0

    -3.0

    -2.0

    -1.0

    0.0

    HC LC SE HE LE IN

    3-B 4-B 4-C 5-B 5-C 5-D

    Mono: mono-sloped roof;

    2, 3, 4 and 5: the number of spans for a roofA: windward span; E: leeward span

    3-B: middle span of 3-span roof;

    4-B, 4-C: middle spans of 4-span roof;

    5-B, 5-C, 5-D: middle spans of 5-span roof;

    FIGURE 4PEAKNEGATIVE WIND PRESSURE COEFFICIENTS ON MONO-SLOPED ROOF AND VARYING SPAN SAW-TOOTH

    ROOF (53ft MEAN ROOF HEIGHT)

    Area-averaged Wind Pressure Coefficients

    Increasing the tributary areas caused a sharp reduction in the wind pressure coefficientsfrom point pressures through 100 sq. ft. In the corner zones, the tributary area of a 2-tap

    combination is approximately equal to 10 sq. ft. As the tributary areas increased from 10

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    sq. ft. to 100 sq. ft., the negative wind pressure coefficients at the high corners decreasedbetween 30% to 50%.

    The reduction caused by the increase in area from 100 sq. ft to 150 sq. ft was less

    than 20% for the high corners. A similar reduction (30% to 50%) in pressure coefficients

    is seen for the low corners and along the sloping edge zones. There were some

    differences in extreme area-averaged negative wind pressure coefficients between thevarious span of the model, of less than 30% (Figure 5).

    -5.0

    -4.0

    -3.0

    -2.0

    -1.0

    0.0

    1 10 100 1000

    M

    2A

    3A

    4A

    5A

    -5.0

    -4.0

    -3.0

    -2.0

    -1.0

    0.0

    1 10 100 1000

    3B

    4B

    4C

    5B

    5C

    5D

    -5.0

    -4.0

    -3.0

    -2.0

    -1.0

    0.0

    1 10 100 1000

    2E

    3E

    4E

    5E

    M: mono-sloped roof;2, 3, 4 and 5: the number of spans of a roof

    A: windward span; E: leeward span

    3-B: middle span of 3-span roof;4-B, 4-C: middle spans of 4-span roof;

    5-B, 5-C, 5-D: middle spans of 5-span roof;

    FIGURE 5PEAKNEGATIVE WIND PRESSURE COEFFICIENTS IN HIGH CORNER OF MONO-SLOPED ROOF AND EACH SPANOF THE 2-THROUGH 5-SPAN SAW-TOOTH ROOFS

    Effect of Building Height on Negative Wind Pressure Coefficients

    As expected, the extreme wind negative pressure coefficients were affected by the mean

    roof height of the model. Figure 6 shows the comparisons of the area-averaged extreme

    negative wind pressure coefficients for the three mean roof heights of 23 ft, 38 ft and 53ft. In the high corner zone of the mono-sloped roof and the windward span (span A) of

    the saw-tooth roofs, these coefficients were in the range of -4.3 to -5.5. For the middle

    and leeward spans (Spans BCDE) of the saw-tooth roof, the critical point negative windpressure coefficients were in the range of -2.4 to -3.6. The maximum variation in the

    critical area-averaged negative wind pressure coefficients between two models of

    different heights was up to 30%.

    The peak area-averaged negative wind pressure coefficients in the high corner on the23 ft mono-sloped roof were larger than on 38 ft and on 53 ft mono-sloped roof models.

    However for the extreme value in the high corner on the 5-span saw-tooth roof, the peak

    area-averaged values occurred on the model having the 38 ft mean roof height. Thecritical area-averaged negative wind pressure coefficients in high corner on span A of

    saw-tooth roofs and on mono-sloped roofs were very similar. (Note that 23M in Figure

    6 denotes mono-sloped building (M), having a mean roof height of 23 ft (23) and so on.)

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    FIGURE 6AREA-AVERAGEDNEGATIVE WIND PRESSURE COEFFICIENTS IN HIGH CORNER OF MONO-SLOPED AND 5-

    SPAN SAW-TOOTH ROOFS WITH MEAN ROOF HEIGHTS OF 23 ft,38ft, AND 53 ft.

    Comparison of Wind Tunnel Results with ASCE7-02 and Previous Research

    The peak negative pressure coefficients for the mono-sloped roof building were almost

    identical to the peak negative coefficients on the windward span (span A) of the 5-span

    saw-tooth roof (Figure 7). As expected, peak negative pressure coefficients for themiddle and leeward spans (spans BCDE) were lower than for the windward span values.

    FIGURE 7COMPARISONS OF MOST CRITICAL EXPERIMENTAL NEGATIVE WIND PRESSURE COEFFICIENTS AND ASCE

    VALUES WITH PREVIOUS RESEARCH RESULTS

    Our single point peak negative pressure coefficient of -5.49 was, as expected, well above

    the -4.26 value reported by Saathoff et al., who used the average pressure coefficients

    derived from results on ten 16-second long pressure time-histories. Of interest to note,however, is the near identical peak negative pressure coefficients obtained by Saathoff et.

    al. for the mono-sloped and saw-tooth roofs. Thus, one should expect little difference in

    the peak negative pressure coefficients between saw-tooth and mono-sloped buildings.

    -6.0

    -5.0

    -4.0

    -3.0

    -2.0

    -1.0

    0.0

    1 10 100 1000

    23M -6.0

    -5.0

    -4.0

    -3.0

    -2.0

    -1.0

    0.0

    1 10 100 1000

    23A -6.0

    -5.0

    -4.0

    -3.0

    -2.0

    -1.0

    0.0

    1 10 100 1000

    23BCDE

    38A38M 38BCDE53A53M

    53BCDE

    -6.0

    -5.0

    -4.0

    -3.0

    -2.0

    -1.0

    0.0

    1 10 100 1000

    Saw_A Mono

    Saw-BCDE Saathoff -Mono

    Saathoff -Saw-A Holmes -Saw-A

    -6.0

    -5.0

    -4.0

    -3.0

    -2.0

    -1.0

    0.0

    1 10 100 1000

    Saw_ A Saw-BCDE

    Saathoff Holmes

    High Corner Low Corner

    Saw-tooth ASCE A

    Mono ASCE Saw-tooth ASCE BCD

    Saw-tooth ASCE A

    Saw-tooth ASCE BCD

    Point wind pressure coefficient

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    The area-averaged negative pressure coefficients that we obtained by numericallyintegrating the results over several tributary areas revealed a sharp reduction in pressure

    coefficients for tributary areas greater than 10 sq. ft. for both the mono-sloped and saw-

    tooth roofs. The reductions occurred at smaller tributary areas than provided in the

    current ASCE 7 design pressure coefficient reduction with areas. (Figure 7). The area-

    averaged values reported by Saathoff et. al. for mono-sloped and saw-tooth buildingswere also nearly identical and, except for the negative pressure coefficient on the saw-

    tooth roof at 150 sq. ft., all values exceeded the ASCE 7 design pressure coefficient forthe windward span of a saw-tooth roof building. The graph of area-averaged negative

    pressure coefficients on the middle and leeward spans suggest that the negative pressure

    coefficients in the low corner on areas less than approximately 25 sq. ft. exceeds theASCE 7 design values.

    CONCLUSIONS

    Preliminary results presented in this paper and corroborated by previous research suggest

    that the peak minimum pressure coefficients for mono-sloped and saw-tooth roofbuildings should be approximately the same. ASCE7-02 provides lower design negative

    wind pressure coefficients for mono-sloped roofs than the results reported here, that may

    not be supported by the experimental results. Further work is continuing to investigate thesensitivity of extreme pressure coefficients in repeated tests before firm conclusions will

    be made and to evaluate mono-sloped buildings with different aspect ratios. The extreme

    wind pressure coefficients at the high corner on the windward span was approximately atleast 30% larger than those measured on the other middle or leeward spans. The ASCE7-

    02 design pressure coefficients appear low for the low corner zones of the middle and

    leeward spans of the saw-tooth roof. This research found no significant variation in low

    corners negative pressure coefficients between spans for areas larger than 25 sq. ft.

    The most critical area-averaged negative wind pressure coefficients on saw-toothroofs varied with building height. This variation was up to 30% in the high corner.

    ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

    The authors wish to acknowledge the generous support of the Department of CivilEngineering at Clemson University, Floridas Department of Consumer Affairs, NOAA

    and South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium in providing graduate assistant support.

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    Melbourne, Australia, Aug. 26-28 (1987)

    [5] Saathoff Patrick J. and Stathopoulos Theodore Wind Loads on Buildings with Saw-tooth Roofs,Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol. 118 No. 2 Feb. 1992 Page 429-446

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