Does surcharge fall under the category of LL?
Does surcharge fall under the category of LL?
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I'm doing some studying now for the SE and in practice we have always thought of the surcharge as a LL....applying the appropriate ASD factors. However, I'm going through some examples now and the solutions in the book do not reduce the surcharge. The particular LC I'm looking at has a .75LL factor. However, the surcharge is not being reduced. I am missing something?
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RE: Does surcharge fall under the category of LL?
RE: Does surcharge fall under the category of LL?
RE: Does surcharge fall under the category of LL?
RE: Does surcharge fall under the category of LL?
RE: Does surcharge fall under the category of LL?
RE: Does surcharge fall under the category of LL?
RE: Does surcharge fall under the category of LL?
As mentioned above, there several possible surcharge loads; sloping backfill, vehicular live loads, building loads, etc. I would only consider dynamic loads as live loads and apply the LL factor to them.
RE: Does surcharge fall under the category of LL?