elevated bins -tanks
elevated bins -tanks
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A system of elevated bins, granular material, on a steel support structure. Steel columns, bracing etc., on reinforced concrete spread footings. It's been mentioned to me that the foundations needn't be sized for full live load (product)as the probability of all bins being full is low. Anybody come across this, know where a live load reduction for this situation might be referenced? Thanks.






RE: elevated bins -tanks
The Alberta Building Code permits a Live Load reduction factor of 0.5 + (20/A)1/2 for a storage building when the tributary area exceeds 80 m2 where A is the tributary area in square metres for the member being considered.
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RE: elevated bins -tanks
RE: elevated bins -tanks
RE: elevated bins -tanks
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