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Structural Systems in Architecture: Loads on buildings · Classifying Loads

How engineers sort the forces acting on a building (dead, live, environmental, dynamic and accidental) and why each kind is treated differently.

Structural Systems in Architecture · 26 questions

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1. Which of these counts as dead load in a building?

  1. Furniture moved into an office
  2. The weight of the floor slab
  3. People gathered for a party
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Answer: The weight of the floor slab

Dead load is the permanent weight of the structure and anything fixed to it; people and movable furniture come and go, so they are live load.

2. Why are office furniture and occupants treated as live load rather than dead load?

  1. They can move or change over time
  2. They weigh less than the structure
  3. They push sideways on walls
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Answer: They can move or change over time

Live load is defined by variability: its size and position change during the building's life, unlike the fixed self-weight.

3. Which type of load can a designer usually estimate most precisely?

  1. Live load
  2. Dead load
  3. Snow load
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Answer: Dead load

Dead load is calculated from known dimensions and material densities, while live and snow loads depend on use and weather and are estimated statistically.

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