STANDARDS

FRAMED
and SECONDARY STRUCTURAL DESIGN
OPENINGS
PRACTICES

B2. Other Roof and Wall Framed Openings

For roof and wall framed openings other than doors, wind load tributary widths are
calculated following the same principles as shown previously for doors. See Figure 3
below for the load calculation, for the left opening. The opening on the right side follows
the same principles, with additional point loads added where Member 2 is interrupted.

Member 3 bH
WFO
s3 Header

b’2
bH bJ
b2
Member 2
Jamb

Header
Sill
bJ HFO s2
bS
Sill
Member 1
b1
bS Sill Elevation
b’1 or Dist. To Eave s1
(ELEV.)

Figure 3 Framed openings tributary widths (Member = Girt or Purlin)

Table 1 Tributary width for the left framed opening in Figure 3

Element Load Tributary Width, b Applied Load, w Comment
Jamb bJ = ½ WFO wJ = bJ Wwind parts Loaded for a distance HFO
Header bH= ½ [s1 + s2 – HFO – ELEV] wH = bH Wwind parts Loaded for a distance WFO
Sill bS = ½ [ Elev. - s1 ] Ws = bS Wwind parts Loaded for a distance WFO
b1 = ½ [ s1 + s2 ] w1 = b1 Wwind parts Loaded outside of F.O.
Member 1
b’1 = ½ [ s1 ] + bS w’1 = b’1 Wwind parts Loaded for dist. WFO over F.O.
b2 = ½ [ s2 + s3 ] w2 = b2 Wwind parts Loaded outside of F.O.
Member 2
b’2 = ½ [ s3 ] + bH w’2 = b’2 Wwind parts Loaded for dist. WFO over F.O.

C. STRUCTURAL DESIGN

Design of all parts in the wall or roof framing system follows standard procedures for
design of girt, purlins and other wall/roof secondary members. Automated design

VP DESIGN MANUAL Section: 4.5

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