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2 Snow Loads: General

1) The document provides steps to calculate snow load on a roof according to Eurocode standards, including determining a roof shape coefficient based on roof angle, snow load on the ground based on location, and multiplying factors to find the total snow load. 2) As an example, it calculates a snow load of 4.45 kN/m for a site in Aachen, Germany with a roof angle of 30 degrees and rafter spacing of 7.2 m. 3) The snow load is determined by multiplying the ground snow load by coefficients for roof shape, exposure, and thermal conditions, where the document provides the specific values used for the example site and roof.

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2 Snow Loads: General

1) The document provides steps to calculate snow load on a roof according to Eurocode standards, including determining a roof shape coefficient based on roof angle, snow load on the ground based on location, and multiplying factors to find the total snow load. 2) As an example, it calculates a snow load of 4.45 kN/m for a site in Aachen, Germany with a roof angle of 30 degrees and rafter spacing of 7.2 m. 3) The snow load is determined by multiplying the ground snow load by coefficients for roof shape, exposure, and thermal conditions, where the document provides the specific values used for the example site and roof.

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Document Ref: SX016a-EN-EU Sheet 7 of 8

CALCULATION SHEET
Title Example: Determination of loads on a building envelope

Eurocode Ref EN 1991-1-3, EN 1991-1-4


Made by Matthias Oppe Date June 2005
Checked by Christian Mller Date June 2005

2 Snow loads
General
Snow loads on the roof should be determined as follows:
EN 1991-1-3
s= i ce cz sk 5.2.2 eq.5.1
where: i is the roof shape coefficient
ce is the exposure coefficient, usually taken as 1,0
ct is the thermal coefficient, set to 1,0 for normal situations
sk is the characteristic value of ground snow load for the
relevant altitude

Roof shape coefficient


Shape coefficients are needed for an adjustment of the ground snow load to a
snow load on the roof taking into account effects caused by non-drifted and
drifted snow load arrangements.
EN 1991-1-3
The roof shape coefficient depends on the roof angle. 5.3
0 30 1 = 0,8 Table 5.1

Snow load on the ground


The characteristic value depends on the climatic region.
For a site in Aachen (Germany) the following expression is relevant:

A
2 EN 1991-1-3
sk 0, 264 z 0, 002 1 kN/ m Annex C
256 Table C1
Where: z is the zone number (depending on the snow load on sea
level), here: z = 2
A is the altitude above sea level, here A = 175 m
2
175
sk 0,264 2 0,002 1 0,772 kN/m
256
Document Ref: SX016a-EN-EU Sheet 8 of 8
CALCULATION SHEET
Title Example: Determination of loads on a building envelope

Eurocode Ref EN 1991-1-3, EN 1991-1-4


Made by Matthias Oppe Date June 2005
Checked by Christian Mller Date June 2005

Snow load on the roof


s = 0,8 1,0 1,0 0,772 = 0,618 kN/m
spacing = 7,20 m
for an internal frame:
s = 0,618 7,20 = 4,45 kN/m
s = 4,45 kN/m

30,00 [m]

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