Residential Building Loads: Review and Roadmap for Future Progress

Residential Building Loads serves as a guide for all those involved in the residential design and construction process.

Item #: 280-8521-06 ISBN: 0784408521 ISBN13: 978-0-7844-0852-0 Author: ASCE Publisher: ASCE Format: Paperback

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Residential Building Loads: Review and Roadmap for Future Progress compiles existing and changing knowledge and identifies needs in regard to improving the accuracy and application of structural loads for the purpose of efficient residential building design. In recent years the application of structural loads for residential building design has seen increased use. This committee report is intended to serve as both a technical resource and a roadmap for coordination of future research and implementation of efforts. As a technical resource, this report identifies and reviews existing knowledge on 14 topics related to design loads for residential building applications. As a roadmap, this document provides strategic recommendations to address technical and functional needs.

The scope of the work focuses on issues and knowledge relevant to one- and two-family dwellings as well as manufactured housing. This committee report will be beneficial to structural engineers, contractors, researchers, and all others involved in residential building and design. 56 pp.

Residential Building Loads: Review and Roadmap for Future Progress - Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Purpose
• Scope
• Approach
• Background
• Existing Situation
• Review and Road mapping Topics
• Topic #1 Actual vs. Nominal Dead Loads
• Topic #2 Minimum Partition Wall Weight for Seismic Load Analysis
• Topic #3 Use of Miscellaneous Roof Live Load
• Topic #4 Attic Live Loads
• Topic #5 Multi-story Floor Live Load Coincidence
• Topic #6 Floor Live Load Area Reduction for Residential Buildings
• Topic #7 Wind Shielding
• Topic #8 Characterization of Suburban and Wooded Wind Exposure
• Topic #9 Wind-borne Debris
• Topic #10 Air-permeable Cladding Wind Loads
• Topic #11 Unbalanced and Drift Snow Loads
• Topic #12 Lateral Soil Load on Residential Foundations
• Topic #13 Simplification of Design Loads
• Topic #14 Performance Objectives and Target Reliability for Housing Design
• Conclusions and Recommendations
• References
• Appendix A: Structural Design Data [Excerpted From Appendix A of Minimum Property Standards (FHA, 1958)]
• Appendix B: Simplified ASCE 7-02 Wind Loads For Typical Low-Rise Buildings January 31, 2004
• Index