Question

A floor system has W24 x 55 sections spaced 8’-0"" o.c. supporting a floor dead load of 50 psf and a live load of 80 psf. Determine the governing load. Show all work.

Answer 1

Answer:

Load sup[port by beam is 1040 lb/ft

Explanation:

Given data:

dead load of floor is 50 psf

live load of floor is 80 psf

load per meter can be determined as

Load/mt length = load intensity × effective width

total load  = deal load + live load

                  = 50 + 80 = 130 psf

load /mt length =  130 × 8

                         = 1040 p/ft = 1.04 k /ft

hence load sup[port by beam is 1040 lb/ft