load reduction

Isaac Kremer/ November 23, 2025/ / 0 comments

A reduction in design loading allowed by building codes for certain load combinations, based on the assumption that not all live loads will act simultaneously on a structure at their full value. After all possible load combinations are considered, a structure is designed to carry the most severe but realistic distribution, concentration, and combination of loads. (Ching, 1995)

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