Anderson, Bennett B.2014-03-142014-03-141991-01-07etd-08182009-040252http://hdl.handle.net/10919/44264The objective of this thesis is to verify the "base test method" for uplift loading of C- and Z-purlin supported, standing seam metal building roof systems. To achieve this end, eight sets of full-scale roof system tests were conducted. Each test set consisted of a single span base test and a three-span, multi-purlin line, confirming test. The base test method for uplift loading, in its present form, did not prove to be an effective method for determining the failure load of a multispan, multi-purlin line, standing seam roof system. Suggestions are made for possible modifications to the method.viii, 187 leavesBTDapplication/pdfenIn CopyrightLD5655.V855 1991.A644Roofs -- AerodynamicsThesishttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08182009-040252/