Portal Frame Roof Detail

Although the use of steel portal frames is well established in the uk there is no publication which defines best practice in this form of construction.

Portal frame roof detail.

Steel roof rafter is illustrated with an ipe profile steel section. A portal frame building comprises a series of transverse frames braced longitudinally. Typical hangar portal frame edge eaves beam rain water gutter z purlins sandwich panel roof detail. The primary steelwork consists of columns and rafters which form portal frames and bracing.

Within this major market sector the steel portal frame has become the most common structural form in pitched roof buildings because of its economy and versatility for a wide range of spans. In countries where this technology is highly developed the steel portal frame is the dominant form of structure for single storey industrial and commercial buildings. Steel hangar portal frame roof ridge detail this is a cad dwg drawing for a steel hangar portal frame roof ridge detail. The end frame gable frame can be either a portal frame or a braced arrangement of columns and rafters.