Reduccion de Carga Viva en Cubiertas. (ASCE 4.

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4.8.1 - Las cargas minimas distribuidas vivas de cubierta, Lo, pueden ser disminuidas de acuerdo a los
requerimientos de la seccion 4.8.2 y 4.8.3

Tabla 4-1, Lo
Ocupacion o Uso Uniforme Concentrada
Ordinary flat, pitches, and curved roofs 100 [kgf/m] -
Roofs used for roof gardens 490 [kgf/m] -
Roofs used for assembly purposes Igual que la ocupacion -

Awnings and canopies: 250 [kgf/m] 140 [kgf]

Fabric construction supported by a skeleton structure

Awnings and canopies: 250 [kgf/m] 95 [kgf]

Screen enclosure support frame

4.8.2 - Flat, Pitched, and Curved Roofs

Ordinary flat, pitched, and curved roofs, and awning and canopies other than those of fabric
construction supported by a skeleton structure, are permitted to be designed for a reduced roof live
load, as specified in Eq. 4.8-1 or other controlling combinations of loads, as specified in Chapter 2,
whichever produces the greater load effect. In structures such as greenhouses, where special
scaffolding is used as a work surface for workers and materials during maintenance and repair
operations, a lower roof load than specified in Eq. 4.8-1 shall not be used unless approved by the
authority having jurisdiction. On such structures, the minimum roof live load shall be 12 psf (0.58
kN/m2).

_=_ _1 _2 60_100

1 At 18.60 m
R1= 1.2-0.001At 18.60 m At 55.75 m
0.6 At 55.75 m

1 F4
R2= 1.2-0.05F 4 F 12
0.6 F 12

At - Area Tributaria en m
F - 0.12 x Pendiente, siendo la pendiente expresada en puntos porcentuales
F - rise to span ratio x 32

4.8.3 - Special Purpose Roofs

Roofs that have an occupancy function, such as roof gardens, assembly purposes, or other special
purposes are permitted to have their uniformly distributed live load reduced in accordance with the
requirements of Section 4.7.

Lo - Roof live load is essentially an allowance for the roof loading during it's construcction and
mainttenance.

Lo = 100 [kgf/m]
At = 400.0 [m]
F = 0.00

R1 = 0.60
R2 = 1.00
Lr = 60 [kgf/m]