LOAD CALCULATIONS

Job No. : Rev. No. : R0

Project : Solar Panel Support Review Date : 13/05/2018
Clint : Designed by : GR
Description : Load calculation Checked by : GR
Solar Panel =
Length (o/o) = 4.03 m
Width (o/o) = 4.21 m
DEAD LOAD (DL)
Wt. of Solar panel = 11.40 Kg/m²
2
Dead Load (DL) = 0.114 KN/m

SNOW LOAD
Snow Load on Panel = 180.00 Kg/m² (Assumed snow depth of 1.5ft equivalent to 450mm depth on Panels)
2
= 1.80 KN/m
No of Horizontal frame = 4 Nos
C/c of horizontal frame = 1.05 m
slope factor µ = 0.8
Load on each horizontal frame = 1.52 kN/m
WIND LOAD (WL)
Basic wind speed (Vb) = 55 m/s
Design wind speed (Vz) = Vbxk1xk2xk3
where,
k1 = probability factor (risk coefficient)
= 1 Terrain Category Class
k2 = terrain, height and structure size factor 1 A
= 1.05
k3 = topography factor
= 1
Vz = 57.75 m/s

Design wind pressure (pz) = 0.6xVz²

pz = 2.001 KN/m²

Projected Area line = 1.539

Total Area line = 3.931
Sinα = 0.392
=
Fwind = 13.29 kN
= 3.30 kN/m
Load on each horizontal member = 0.82 kN/m