2. Categorize the following loads as dead load, live load, snow load, wind load, seismic load, or special load. a. Load on an office floor due to filing cabinets, desks, and computers. b. Load on a roof from a permanent air handling unit. c. Load on stadium bleachers from students jumping up and down during a college football game. d. Load on a building caused by an explosion. e. Weight on a steel beam from a concrete slab that it is supporting. f. Load experienced by an office building in California as it shakes during an earthquake. g. Load on a skyscraper in Chicago on a day with blustery conditions causing the building to sway back and forth.

2. Categorize the following loads as dead load, live load, snow load, wind load, seismic load, or special load. a. Load on an office floor due to filing cabinets, desks, and computers. b. Load on a roof from a permanent air handling unit. c. Load on stadium bleachers from students jumping up and down during a college football game. d. Load on a building caused by an explosion. e. Weight on a steel beam from a concrete slab that it is supporting. f. Load experienced by an office building in California as it shakes during an earthquake. g. Load on a skyscraper in Chicago on a day with blustery conditions causing the building to sway back and forth.

Structural Analysis

6th Edition

ISBN:9781337630931

Author:KASSIMALI, Aslam.

Publisher:KASSIMALI, Aslam.

Chapter2: Loads On Structures

Section: Chapter Questions

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