Garge load on floor slab
Garge load on floor slab
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Hi,
We are designing a 6 storey residential building with its basement and ground floor to be used as garage/ parking area.
Can anybody please provide me with some guidelines regarding how to apply the imposed/live loads due to vehicles on the slabs.
Thanks in advance.
We are designing a 6 storey residential building with its basement and ground floor to be used as garage/ parking area.
Can anybody please provide me with some guidelines regarding how to apply the imposed/live loads due to vehicles on the slabs.
Thanks in advance.






RE: Garge load on floor slab
RE: Garge load on floor slab
To answer your question 50psf typically. 2000lbs concentrated loads (consider this) and 10,000lbs at 18" for a vehicle impact bumper load.
Also look at this thread and consider super-imposed loads from resurfacing or a large point load from a crane.
thread507-276266: Flat Slab Collapse in Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Speak to your client as well to determine whether they have any specific requirements for carpark loads. The loads set-out in the codes are minimum loads.
Give consideration to vibrations if you have a podium slab. There is a coffee shop I like to go to on weekends which is located over a basement. Everytime a car goes over the speed humps you can feel the slab below you vibrating. It is a little unnerving a times.
RE: Garge load on floor slab
Eurocode suggests 2.5 kpa uniform load and 10 to 20 KN axle load on a 100mm wide square surface 1.8 m apart.
So i was wondering whether using the 2.5 kpa uniform load alone would be appropriate for design.
Also applying the axle loads on floor slab are not as straight forward as for bridges. Can any body shed some light on how it is done?
RE: Garge load on floor slab
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RE: Garge load on floor slab
Usually the UDL would be critical, unless you have very short span beams/slabs.
RE: Garge load on floor slab
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RE: Garge load on floor slab
RE: Garge load on floor slab
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