Floor Loading

2 grade of douglas fir and maximum span floor joists imperial units w steel beams allowable uniform loads allowable uniform loads wood beams strength of material bending and compression strength of wood species used in beams.

Floor loading. Maximum floor joist span for no. As can be seen by the. Maximum floor joist span no.

1 psf lb f ft 2 47 88 n m 2. Dead load and live load. A floor loaded container is a shipping container stacked with freight that has been loaded from the floor up without utilizing a shipping pallet.

Dead loads include the weight of the building materials themselves and are static and permanent. Floor load capacity is the total maximum weight a floor is engineered to support over a given area. The dead load is calculated by adding together the weight of the building materials and dividing by the square footage.

How to calculate floor load capacity live loads and dead loads. The load is an average value for a typical office space with desks filing cabinets aisles etc. 2 grade of douglas fir are indicated below.

Dead loads consist of the permanent construction material loads comprising the roof floor wall and foundation systems including claddings finishes and fixed equipment. The values for dead loads in table 3 2 are for commonly used materials and constructions in light frame residential buildings. Span tables and design.

It is expressed as pounds per square foot. Live load 30 lbs ft 2 1436 n m 2. There are two main types of load live loads and dead loads.