True or False Block stacking refers to unit loads that are stacked on top of each other and stored on the floor in storage lanes.

Structural Analysis
6th Edition
ISBN:9781337630931
Author:KASSIMALI, Aslam.
Publisher:KASSIMALI, Aslam.
Chapter2: Loads On Structures
Section: Chapter Questions
Problem 1P
icon
Related questions
Question

True or False

Block stacking refers to unit loads that are stacked on top of each other and stored on the floor in storage lanes.

Expert Solution
Explanation:

There are several methods of storage in a warehouses or construction sites

Some are

  • Deep pallet rack(single, double, triple etc)
  • stacking the frames 
  • Block stacking

and many more

Deep pallet rack:

We can have good access to all the storage frames or pallets

Stacking frames:

If there are special kind of frames used for stacking and we want to store for some higher stack then this is preferred

Block stacking:

The pallets in this can be removed by last in first out and unit loads that are stacked on top of each other. They are not much heights and very easy and affordable method

 

steps

Step by step

Solved in 2 steps

Blurred answer
Recommended textbooks for you
Structural Analysis
Structural Analysis
Civil Engineering
ISBN:
9781337630931
Author:
KASSIMALI, Aslam.
Publisher:
Cengage,
Structural Analysis (10th Edition)
Structural Analysis (10th Edition)
Civil Engineering
ISBN:
9780134610672
Author:
Russell C. Hibbeler
Publisher:
PEARSON
Principles of Foundation Engineering (MindTap Cou…
Principles of Foundation Engineering (MindTap Cou…
Civil Engineering
ISBN:
9781337705028
Author:
Braja M. Das, Nagaratnam Sivakugan
Publisher:
Cengage Learning
Fundamentals of Structural Analysis
Fundamentals of Structural Analysis
Civil Engineering
ISBN:
9780073398006
Author:
Kenneth M. Leet Emeritus, Chia-Ming Uang, Joel Lanning
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill Education
Sustainable Energy
Sustainable Energy
Civil Engineering
ISBN:
9781337551663
Author:
DUNLAP, Richard A.
Publisher:
Cengage,
Traffic and Highway Engineering
Traffic and Highway Engineering
Civil Engineering
ISBN:
9781305156241
Author:
Garber, Nicholas J.
Publisher:
Cengage Learning