Abstract
Some recent post-disaster studies have suggested that in severe wind storms hip roofs survive better than gable roofs. This has stimulated the present study, which has derived aerodynamic data for otherwise similar 4:12 hip and gable roofs. These show that for this common roof geometry there is little difference in overall lift and overturning loads; however, there are dramatic differences in local pressures and in the loads applied to the primary structural elements. These differences appear to explain the improved survival of hip roofs.
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