Just what it sounds like, the idea is that the load can be concentrated anywhere over the length of the beam like someone wheeling a wheel barrow across the floor, with that load carried by the wheel.
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In an evaluation of the permissible load reduction for the combined effect of two or more transient loads, a live load is considered a transient load. See Sec. 2.4.3 of ASCE7-98.
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Yes, this is common practice. No load reduction was permitted for these floors.
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That is essentially correct. Anything permanently added to the deck after its original structural parameters were calculated should also be considered part of the live load. The "dead" load is the weight of the deck itself and all...
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I wanted to clarify after speaking with a structural engineer. The Live Load may be 100 lbs/sq-ft(lsf) and the Dead Load specification may be 22 lsf. That means that the deck can hold a combined weight of 100 lsf moving PLUS 22 lsf non-movi...
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No. The ceiling is designed to carry only its own weight.
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