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The document discusses temperature loads that should be considered for structural design in Saudi Arabia. It provides temperature ranges from official Saudi sources for different cities, with values ranging from 20 to 40 degrees Celsius. It also mentions temperature loads from project documents of 0 to 50 degrees C and gradients of ±15 to 25 degrees C for direct sunlight.

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The document discusses temperature loads that should be considered for structural design in Saudi Arabia. It provides temperature ranges from official Saudi sources for different cities, with values ranging from 20 to 40 degrees Celsius. It also mentions temperature loads from project documents of 0 to 50 degrees C and gradients of ±15 to 25 degrees C for direct sunlight.

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Hello,I'mlookingforofficialtemperatureloadsinSaudiArabiatodesignasteelstructure.
ApparentlytherearenoprescriptionsinSaudiBuildingCodeSBC3012007http://www.google.it/url?
sa=t&rct=j&q=&...
Canyouhelpme?Thanks.
TemperatureloadsareextremesoIwouldjusttrytoreleaseanyloadscausedbytemperatureaffectsinsteel.Ifyoucan't
thenthechangeinlengthduetotemperatureshouldbeeasytocalculate.Iassumephysicsstillworkthesamedownthere
asitdoesinthenorthernhemisphere.
MaineEIT,Civil/Structural.

SomeinitialthoughtsonTeh'scomment:
1LasttimeIchecked,SaudiArabiawaslocatedinthenorthernhemisphere.MaybetheUShavethepowertoshiftitsome
thousandofkilometersdownsouth.Youneverknowthesedays...
2Physicsworkthesamebutyouneedatemperaturerange,right?ThatwaswhattheOPwasasking.

RegardingtheOP'squestion,Icouldn'tfindintheSBCanyindicationoftemperaturerangeseither.However,theZamilSteel
designManualprovidesthefollowingtemperaturevariationrangesfordesign(inK)(youcanfindthemanualeasilyon
google):
Jeddah:20.0
Jizan:20.0
Alwajh:25.0
Yanbu:25.0
Dammam:30.0
Madina:30.0
Najran:30.0
KhamisMushait:35.0
Riyadh:35.0
Taif:40.0
Tabouk:40.0
Hail:40.0

Additionally,IfoundsomeprojectspecificdocumentsonScribdwhichpresenttheenvironmentaltemperatureloadstoused
inSaudiArabia.Thesecouldbeastartingpointforyourdesign.Ican'tdisclosethedirectlinksforcopyrightreasons,butI
thinkyou'llfindthemprettyeasilyonagooglesearchaswell.Thesedocumentspointtothefollowingthermalloadsdueto
environmentalconditions:
temperaturerangefromaminimumof0Ctoamaximumof50C
indirectsunlight,auniformtemperaturevariationof15Caboveambienttemperatureandatemperaturegradientof
+25Cand15C.
Theserequirementsneedtobetakencarefullyastheyseemappropriatemostlyforconcretestructures(forunprotected
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steelstructuresinmyarea(southernEurope)itisusualtoconsiderahigheruniformtemperaturevariationrange(+35C
and25C),sothesenumbersmaybeofftarget).

Thefollowinglinksmayprovetobeusefulaswell:
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/media/pdf/j/m/Saudi_Ar...
http://www.saudiarabiatravel.org/weather.html
http://www.qcc.abudhabi.ae/English/Activities/Stan...
Ihopeithelpstosomehowleadyouintherightdirection.
Thanksavscorreia.It'sanofficebuilding.I'vefoundalsoAramcostandards:http://www.google.it/url?
sa=t&rct=j&q=&....Thetemperaturerangesarehighandit'sstrangeformethattheSBCdoesn'tcontainstemperature
load.
Huh,couldhavesworntheequatorwentthroughSaudiArabia.
MaineEIT,Civil/Structural.

TheAramcoStandardyousharedabovewastheSAESJ0003whichisforInstrumentationDesign.YouhavetolookatSAES
A112whereinalltheHighest&LowestMeanDayTemperatureareprovided.Say,ifyouareinJeddah,youwillhave37deg.
CHighestand16deg.CLowest.SodependingonwhereyouareinSaudiArabia,youwillhavedifferenttemperatureranges.

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