Floor Loading Conversion

However you should consider the weight of the raised floor in the floor loading formula.

Floor loading conversion. Live load is weight of furniture wind snow and more. Live loads are exerted in the vertical plane. Machine weight 15 lb ft2 x 0 5 svc clear 10 lb ft2 x total area total area. Maximum floor joist span for no.

All unfixed items in a building such as people and furniture result in a live load on the structure. Benchmark values are multiplied by 1 15 to yield snow load values and by 1 25 for 7 day loading. You just read the numbers under the appropriate column heading. Calculation of floor load rating required for heavy machine.

Full time loading floor joists serves as the benchmark value. A floor loading assessment is the evaluation of the concrete subfloor not the raised floor. Dead load weight of structure and fixed loads 10 lbs ft 2. Factory space is 10 x 10 m2.

Floor loading by gatorsoft on 10 31 05 at 00 39 05 hi i would like to calculate floor loading of a machine sitting on the floor in metric. 2 grade of douglas fir are indicated below. Area of floor 6 0 m x 4 0 m 24 m 2 live load rating of a house 1 5 kpa therefore live load of floor 24 m 2 x 1 5 kpa 36 kn. Machine foot print is 8 x 12 ft.

1 response report abuse. Need to cal how much floor load needed to place a 14 tons rolling mill. A select structural. 1 ft 0 3048 m.

Don t worry about the calculations. 1 psf lb f ft 2 47 88 n m 2.