Floor Live Load Reduction

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Floor live load reduction.

Asce 7 05 10 ibc 2006 2009 2012 for live load not exceeding 100 psf not in passenger garages not in assembly uses with k ll x a t more than 400 square ft 2 live load can be reduced by the following equation. The live loads for members supporting two or more floors are permitted to be reduced by a maximum of 20 percent but the live load shall not be less than l as calculated in section 1607 10 1. Floor live load reduction. Please note that same logic is not applicable to beam and slab since these are local members carrying 1 level load and probability of full load coming on it is high.

1603 1 1 floor live load. Use of live load reduc tion in accordance with section 1607 10 shall be indicated for each type of live load used in the design. Roof live load reduction. However if the attic is intended for storage the attic live load or some portion should also be considered for the design of.

The probability of a 1 floor building is fully loaded is very high and hence no reduction for roof level slab supporting column or for 1 floor building. For uses other than storage where approved additional live load reductions shall be permitted where shown by the registered design professional that a rational approach has been used and that such. And k ll is the live load reduction element factor. Use of live load reduction in accordance with section 1607 10 shall be indicated for each type of live load used in the design.

1603 1 2 roof live load. 6the 0 6 reduction factor on d is intended to apply to the. The uniformly distributed concentrated and impact floor live load used in the design shall be indicated for floor areas. 2attic loads may be included in the floor live load but a 10 psf attic load is typically used only to size ceiling joists adequately for access purposes.

A t is tributary area. The requirement is presented in asce 7 05 4 9. The nature of roof live load is different from that of floor live load so the approach to reducing roof live load is different from that used for floor live load. The uniformly distributed con centrated and impact floor live load used in the design shall be indicated for floor areas.