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47.5 MB - The Whole Building Design Guide

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Figure 3-26:Portions of this waffledprecast concrete roof deckwere blown off. TyphoonPaka (Guam, 1997)m For precast Tee decks, it is recommended that the reinforcingbe designed to accommodate the uplift loads in additionto the gravity loads. Otherwise, large uplift forces can causemember failure due to the Tee’s own pre-stress forces afterthe uplift load exceeds the dead load of the Tee. This typeof failure occurred at one of the roof panels shown in Figure3-27, where a panel lifted because of the combined effects ofwind uplift and pre-tension. Also, because the connectionsbetween the roof and wall panels provided very little upliftload resistance, several other roof and wall panels collapsed.Figure 3-27:Twin-Tee roof panel liftedas a result of the combinedeffects of wind uplift andpre-tension. Tornado(Missouri, May 2003)3-46 MAKING CRITICAL FACILITIES SAFE FROM High Wind

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