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Load Factor For Vehicle Impact (UK)

Load Factor For Vehicle Impact (UK)

Load Factor For Vehicle Impact (UK)

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Hi Guys

I was wondering what you generally use as a load factor for load combination of dead plus live plus vehicle impact.
ULS case for dead and live in the UK is 1.4D + 1.6L. If I added the vehicle impact, would I use 1.4D + 1.6L + 1.6Impactload? This seems quite severe and very extreme case.

Is there a UK code that gives a more lenient load combination?  This is for vehicle impact to barriers on a multi storey car park

Thanks

Seb

RE: Load Factor For Vehicle Impact (UK)

BS6779 read that and look in appendix. Will give you a good feel for what these are designed for.  

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