the Guide - VP Buildings

Varco Pruden Buildings Systems Guide
Collateral Load ..................................................... 38
Special Collateral Loads and Point Loads ............... 39
Wind Load ............................................................ 40
Dead loads ........................................................... 42
Snow loads ........................................................... 43
Seismic Loads ....................................................... 45
Deflection Criteria ................................................ 45
Lateral Deflection ................................................. 46
Definitions and Background .................................. 46
Bare Frame Deflection .......................................... 46
Ten-Year Wind...................................................... 47
Frame Load Sharing .............................................. 47
Load Definition Summary ..................................... 48
Special Loads (examples) ...................................... 49
Site location for the building (for code information)
............................................................................. 50
Collateral loads (examples) ................................... 50
Special deflection requirements need to be
considered ........................................................... 50
Future use for the building structure .................... 51
Strength and Serviceability ................................... 54
Strength ............................................................... 54
Serviceability ........................................................ 54
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