Car park deck loads
Car park deck loads
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Hi, Geotechnical engineer looking at FNDs for single deck of car park, what sort of column loads could be expected for say 9m spans? The client is adding a raised car park deck to provide additional parking, so it's only one deck that will be supported.
Also, what sort of differential settlements are acceptable?
Thanks
Also, what sort of differential settlements are acceptable?
Thanks






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I'm a geotechnical engineer not a structural engineer!
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For Dead Load you need the slab thickness and topping.
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CHECK YOUR CODES!!!
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"...vehicles, however, a design load of 40 psf is recommended
with no allowance for reduction according to bay area."
ASCE 7-05
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Medium vehicles (> 25 kN, ≤ 160 kN gross vehicle weight) = 5 kN/m2 or 90kN
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Just use 10kPa as a total of DL + LL. That gives an ample allowance for what you don't know, which is how heavy the structure will be. Probably less, but that is a good enough ball park figure for what you need at this stage.
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