Architectural panels are mounted on a substrate such as plywood or closely
spaced strapping with fastener clips every 12" - 24" +/-.
Structural panels are self-supporting, usually multi-span between
purlins/girts at 5' - 6' +/-.
Typically continuous cold-formed from coil but possibly formed from sheet.
Numerical analysis per AISI is a good start point for regular panels.
Watching a gage-thickness metal panel assembly during wind load tests really
makes one wonder how the idealized analysis even comes close. Discard any
thoughts of small deformations.
I conducted some verification tests on a 16" steel panel profile (vertical
ribs topped by a folded male-female seam) several years ago and the side
seams came undone like a zipper at low up-lift test pressures (AISI analysis
does not address this failure mode). It raised a few eyebrows because it
was/is a popular structural panel.
Paul
> From: "Oshin Tosounian" <oshin@sdgseinc.com>
> To: <seaint@seaint.org>
> Subject: RE: Standing Seam Metal Roofing Wind Uplift Calculations
>
> Thank you Paul,
>
> FYI, the project is in Los Angeles and it involves zinc roof and wall panels
> with standing seams that lap together at about 16" spacing (custom made).
> Whether you call these structural or architectural, they need to be shown by
> calculations and testing to meet the performance criteria set in the project
> specifications, including 30psf inward or outward wind pressure.
>
> Oshin Tosounian, S.E.
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