William Hutton

• Knowledge Gap
• Specification B1.2 of the BCA
• Testing and the Analysis of this Testing
• The Effective Width Method
• The Direct Strength Method
• Results
• Conclusion
• Little Research conducted on effect and value of
lateral and torsional restraint on hat sections.
• Torsional restraint of corrugated roof cladding
profiles.
• DSM on the hat sections, to allow them to become
classified as pre-qualified sections.
• States that ALL metal roofing systems, specifically
metal roof cladding, its connections and its
immediate supporting members, used in cyclonic
regions shall be tested using Low-High-Low (LHL)
test regime.
Sequence No. of Cycles Load
A 4500 0 to 0.45Pt
B 600 0 to 0.6 Pt
C 80 0 to 0.8 Pt
D 1 0 to 1.0 Pt
E 80 0 to 0.8 Pt
F 600 0 to 0.6 Pt
G 4500 0 to 0.45 Pt
• Batten Web
o Upward dooming of the
screw hole
o 2 to 3 cracks forming
perpendicular to the hole

• Batten Feet
o Screw tears through batten
feet, commencing at the
feet-web junction
Batten No. of Factor of Applied Ultimate
Type Tests Variability Load, Pt Limit
, kt State
Strength
40x0.75 4 1.50 5.37 3.58
64x0.75 1 1.79 4.90 2.73
64x1.00 1 1.79 5.21 2.91
• Applies the Finite Strip Method to the given
profile.
• Provides Load factors for each buckling mode.
• Provides the yielding moment, My
• Provides the yielding compressive force, Py
• These values are then used to calculate the
Local and Elastic Buckling stress
Local Buckling
Load Factor = 0.71
Half-Wavelength=1.6” Distortional Buckling
Load Factor = 6.39
Half-Wavelength=21.0”
• Utilises the elastic buckling stress calculated from
the output of CUFSM and Gross Section
Properties of the profile.
• Analyses the batten for a given span and allows
the the effects of lateral restraint, torsional restraint
and load height on the batten to be considered.
• Adopted Kry=1000kN/rad and krx=0kN/rad.
• Test Batten Connection to LHL regime
• Analysis results as per AS/NZS1170.0
• Calculate gross section properties.
• Calculate elastic buckling stresses in CUFSM
• Calculate load-span capacity using PURLIN.
• Combine testing and numerical analysis to
determine the load-span capacity using Spread
Sheet program and develop the load-span tables.
Load-Span Capacity table for 40x0.75mm Batten
Span 2 Batten Screws 4 Batten Screws
w*u,uplift w*u,down w*u,uplift w*u,down

600 4.692 4.692 Cladding Connection 4.692 4.692 Cladding Connection Fatigue
Fatigue Strength Strength

900 3.616 3.616 Batten Feet Fatigue 4.692 4.692 Cladding Connection Fatigue
Strength Strength

1200 2.712 2.712 Batten Feet Fatigue 3.187 3.526 Uplift: DSM Analysis. Downthrust:
Strength Connection Fatigue Strength

1500 2.030 2.170 Uplift: DSM Analysis, 2.030 2.351 Uplift: DSM Analysis. Downthrust:
Downthrust: connection Connection Fatigue Strength
Fatigue Strength
• The DSM provides better results than the EWM.

• The design procedure allows for quick efficient

batten design.

• For short spans, the connection capacity governs

thus LHL testing critical
Thank You