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Wind Design For Rooftop Solar Panels Based On ASCE 7-16 Input Data & Design Summary

This document provides wind design specifications for rooftop solar panels based on ASCE 7-16 standards. It includes input data on location, building dimensions, solar array layout, and calculations of design wind pressures at different corners of the roof. The minimum design wind suction pressure for any solar panels on this roof is 22.95 psf. Wind pressures were calculated using the basic wind speed, exposure category, topographic factor and equations from ASCE 7-16 that consider velocity pressure, directionality factors, nominal net pressure coefficients and solar panel geometry.

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Wind Design For Rooftop Solar Panels Based On ASCE 7-16 Input Data & Design Summary

This document provides wind design specifications for rooftop solar panels based on ASCE 7-16 standards. It includes input data on location, building dimensions, solar array layout, and calculations of design wind pressures at different corners of the roof. The minimum design wind suction pressure for any solar panels on this roof is 22.95 psf. Wind pressures were calculated using the basic wind speed, exposure category, topographic factor and equations from ASCE 7-16 that consider velocity pressure, directionality factors, nominal net pressure coefficients and solar panel geometry.

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CLIENT : DESIGN BY :
JOB NO. : DATE : REVIEW BY :
Wind Design for Rooftop Solar Panels Based on ASCE 7-16

INPUT DATA & DESIGN SUMMARY


Exposure category (B, C or D, ASCE 7-16 26.7.3) B
Basic wind speed (ASCE 7-16 26.5.1 or 2018 IBC) V = 110 mph, (177.03 kph)
Topographic factor (ASCE 7-16 26.8 & Table 26.8-1) Kzt = 1 Flat
Mean roof height h = 20 ft, (6.10 m)
Mean parapet height (ASCE 7-16 Figure 29.9-1) hpt = 2 ft, (0.61 m)
Overall building length WL = 182 ft, (55.47 m)
Overall building width WS = 110 ft, (33.53 m)

Array location
To North dN = 50 ft, (15.24 m)
To South dS = 10 ft, (3.05 m)
To West dW = 80 ft, (24.38 m)
To East dE = 30 ft, (9.14 m) Solar Panel Net (toward & away) LRFD Pressure
North-West corner 1 = 34.4 psf, ( 1648 N/m2)
Effective wind area for structural element being designed North-East corner 2 = 47.4 psf, ( 2268 N/m2)
A = 3.13 ft2 ( 0.29 m2) South-West corner 3 = 47.4 psf, ( 2268 N/m2)
South-East corner 4 = 56.0 psf, ( 2680 N/m2)

Min pressures for any solar arrays on the roof


pmin = 22.9 psf, ( 1099 N/m2)

ANALYSIS
Velocity pressure
qh = 0.00256 Kh Kzt Kd Ke V2 = 18.43 psf
where: qh = velocity pressure at mean roof height, h. (Eq. 26.10-1 page 268)
Kh = velocity pressure exposure coefficient evaluated at height, h, (Tab. 26.10-1, pg 268) = 0.70
Kd = wind directionality factor. (Tab. 26.6-1, for building, page 266) = 0.85
h = mean roof height = 20.00 ft
Ke = ground elevation factor. (1.0 per Sec. 26.9, page 268)

Design pressures for rooftop solar arrays


p = qh (G Crn)
where: p = pressure on solar panels (ASCE 7-16 Eq. 29.4-5).
pmin = 16.00 psf (ASCE 7-16 30.2.2)
(G Crn) = gp gE [(G Crn)nom (gc)] , (ASCE 7-16 Eq. 29.4-6)
gp = 1.00 , (ASCE 7-16 Eq. 29.4-6)
gE = arry edge factors, (ASCE 7-16 Eq. 29.4-6).
(G Crn)nom = nominal net pressure coefficient, (ASCE 7-16 Figure 29.4-7).
gc = 0.90 , (ASCE 7-16 Eq. 29.4-6)
w= 10.00 deg, angle of plane of panel to roof. (ASCE 7-16 Figure 29.4-7)
Lp = 5.00 , chord length of solar panel. (ASCE 7-16 Figure 29.4-7)
Lb = Min [ h , 0.4 (h WL )0.5, WS] = 20.00 ft
An = 1000 A / [max(Lb , 15 ft)]2 = 7.83 ft2 , (ASCE 7-16 Figure 29.4-7 Notes)
h1 = 0.50 ft, solar panel height above roof at low edge.

Corner No. Zone 0o - 5o (15o - 35o) g c (G Crn)nom g c gE p (psf)


1 1 1.12 1.37 1.25 1.50 34.42
2 2 1.49 1.94 1.71 1.50 47.36
3 2 1.49 1.94 1.71 1.50 47.36
4 3 1.70 2.35 2.02 1.50 55.98

Minimum pressures for any solar arrays on this roof


p = qh (G Crn) = 22.95 psf
where: gp = 1.00
gE = 1.00
gc = 0.90
(G Crn)nom = 1.38

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