Fundamentals
Pattern Live Loading Explained: Where Loads Hurt Most
Full loading is not the worst case on continuous structures. Alternate spans, checkerboards, and see-saw cases: what pattern loading is and when it governs.
Elena Marchetti··10 min
2 posts tagged “Continuous Beams”.
Full loading is not the worst case on continuous structures. Alternate spans, checkerboards, and see-saw cases: what pattern loading is and when it governs.
Continuity moves an eighth of the load inward: 1.25 wL at a two-span centre, 1.1 over three. The factors, their limits, and what they change in a takedown.