Table 4 The greenhouse skeleton load combination mode.

From: Effect of single tube sections on the structural safety of Chinese solar greenhouse skeletons

Load combinations

Constant load Gk

Snow load Sk (kN/m2)

Crop load Gk (kN/m2)

Concentrated roof load construction EK (kN/m2)

a

1.0

0.38ur,b, 0.38ur

0.15

0.8

b

1.0

0.285ur,b, 0.38ur,m ≤ Sk ≥ 0.285ur,b

0.15

0.8