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Figure 1.8 Snow loads on snowguards and other obstacles (“Fs” characteristic load).
• s is the most onerous undrifted load case appropriate for the roof under
consideration (see Section 5.2)
• = 3 kN m 3 is the weight density of snow
• k is a coefficient to take account of the irregular shape of the snow (the
values of k may be given in the National Annex). The recommended way
for calculating k is as follows:
k = 3---
d
k d
F s = s b sin (Eq. 1‐6)
where:
• s is the snow load on the roof relative to the most onerous undrifted load
case appropriate for roof area from which snow could slide (see 5.2, 5.3)
• b is the width on plan (horizontal) from the guard or obstacle to the next
guard or to the ridge
• is the pitch of the roof, measured from the horizontal.