Notes:
All loads are working loads.
Steel based on Z35 material.
Download deflection = span/200.
Figures limited to a bar/bracket connection load of
3kN.
Pull-out of screws into purlin assumed to be 3kN.
Ultimate bending stress is based on a load factor
of 1.6 for download and 1.4 for uplift.
TH40 Multi Span Condition
Top-hat
Spacing
(m)
Rail
Centres Vertically (m)
1.0
1.2
1.4
1.6
1.8
2.0
2.2
2.4
Loading
in kN/m²
0.6
5.00
4.17
3.57
3.13
2.78
2.47
1.86
1.43
0.8
3.75
3.13
2.68
2.34
2.08
1.85
1.39
1.07
1.0
3.00
2.50
2.14
1.88
1.67
1.48
1.11
0.86
1.2
2.50
2.08
1.79
1.56
1.39
1.24
0.93
0.72
1.4
2.14
1.79
1.53
1.34
1.19
1.06
0.80
0.61
1.6
1.88
1.56
1.34
1.17
1.04
0.93
0.70
0.54
1.8
1.67
1.39
1.19
1.04
0.93
0.82
0.62
0.48
2.0
1.50
1.25
1.07
0.94
0.83
0.74
0.56
0.43
2.2
1.36
1.14
0.97
0.85
0.76
0.67
0.51
0.39
2.4
1.25
1.04
0.89
0.78
0.69
0.62
0.46
0.36
2.6
1.15
0.96
0.82
0.72
0.64
0.57
0.43
0.33
2.8
1.07
0.89
0.77
0.67
0.60
0.53
0.40
0.31
3.0
1.00
0.83
0.71
0.63
0.56
0.49
0.37
0.29
TH60 Multi Span Condition
Top-hat
Spacing
(m)
Rail
Centres Vertically (m)
1.0
1.2
1.4
1.6
1.8
2.0
2.2
2.4
Loading
in kN/m²
0.6
5.00
4.17
3.57
3.13
2.78
2.50
2.27
20.8
0.8
3.75
3.13
2.68
2.34
2.08
1.88
1.70
1.56
1.0
3.00
2.50
2.14
1.88
1.67
1.50
1.36
1.25
1.2
2.50
2.08
1.79
1.56
1.39
1.25
1.14
1.04
1.4
2.14
1.79
1.53
1.34
1.19
1.07
0.97
0.89
1.6
1.88
1.56
1.34
1.17
1.04
0.94
0.85
0.78
1.8
1.67
1.39
1.19
1.04
0.93
0.83
0.76
0.69
2.0
1.50
1.25
1.07
0.94
0.83
0.75
0.68
0.63
2.2
1.36
1.14
0.97
0.85
0.76
0.68
0.62
0.57
2.4
1.25
1.04
0.89
0.78
0.69
0.63
0.57
0.52
2.6
1.15
0.96
0.82
0.72
0.64
0.58
0.52
0.48
2.8
1.07
0.89
0.77
0.67
0.60
0.54
0.49
0.45
3.0
1.00
0.83
0.71
0.63
0.56
0.50
0.45
0.42
Notes:
All loads are working loads
(pressure and suction).
Steel based on Z35 material.
Figures limited by pull-out load of 3kN at
bracket position using 2 screws.
Ultimate bending stress is based on a load
factor of 1.4