Design Floor Live Load
Design Floor Live Load
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I am working on an elevated floor system for a new puplic high school. This area has the school's science labs, computer labs, math classrooms, and a broadcasting/video editing suite.
The math classrooms are standard classrooms, but the science and computer labs are roughly twice the size (53'X27').
In the past we have designed simlar floor systems for colleges with 100 psf and a tight deflection limit. This deflection limit was requested by the owner to minimize vibrations in the research labs.
The math classrooms will be designed with the standard classroom live load of 40 psf.
I vaguely recall an older code definition of a assembly area based on square footage. Do you remember any such definition?
The math classrooms are standard classrooms, but the science and computer labs are roughly twice the size (53'X27').
In the past we have designed simlar floor systems for colleges with 100 psf and a tight deflection limit. This deflection limit was requested by the owner to minimize vibrations in the research labs.
The math classrooms will be designed with the standard classroom live load of 40 psf.
I vaguely recall an older code definition of a assembly area based on square footage. Do you remember any such definition?






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DaveAtkins
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Don Phillips
http://worthingtonengineering.com
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I do floor vibrations as part of my living and I can back that up 100%. It is VERY easy to design a floor for 100 psf that might still have vibe problems.
It's just so darn easy to check this nowadays with AISC DG11 out there.
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