• Title of article

    Live loads in office buildings: point-in-time load intensity

  • Author/Authors

    Sunil Kumar، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2002
  • Pages
    11
  • From page
    79
  • To page
    89
  • Abstract
    This is the first of two papers that describe a study on live loads in office buildings. Eight office buildings with a total floor area of 11 720 m2 were surveyed in Kanpur, India. Point-in-time load intensity is analyzed and the results are compared with those of other similar surveys. A definite relationship was observed between the use of the room and the load, and also between the size of room and the load. Analyses have been made to determine the variation of live loads with building height. The mean occupancy duration for offices of 17.7 years was obtained. The composition of live load is also discussed in the paper.
  • Keywords
    Structural design , load survey , Live loads , Structural engineering , Structural safety , Structural reliability , Design loads
  • Journal title
    Building and Environment
  • Serial Year
    2002
  • Journal title
    Building and Environment
  • Record number

    408436