Two load-bearing mansory walls supports a roof. The span of the joists bearing o

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Two load-bearing mansory walls supports a roof. The span of the joists bearing on the wall is 32 Jeet. (in other words, the distance between the walls is on top of each wal) The "Unit" design loads for the roof system are 32 psf dead load and 28 psf live load The wall is 16 feet tall and has a unit selfweight dead load of 65 psf 32 feet nd the joists bear lem 12: The total uniform load at the bottom of each wall due to the dead load would most nearly be: (do not forget to include the weight of the wall) 1,385 lbsit 331024 B) B) 1,385 Ibs/ft C) 1,552 Ibs/ft 56lo4 6 D) 665 Ibs/ft E) 512 Ibs/ft F) 2,180 Ibs/ft

Explanation / Answer

dead load due to self weight of wall = 65*16 = 1040 lbs/ft

dead load on each wall due to dead load of the roof per ft= 32*32/2 = 512 lb/ft

total dead load = 1040+512=1552 lbs/ft

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