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LOADS ON BUILDINGS
TYPE OF LOADS ON BUILDINGS
Dead
Live
Snow
Wind
Earthquake
DEAD LOAD (DL)
Dead load is the weight of the building
materials.
Equipment Animals
• The loads which keep on changing from time to time are called as
imposed loads.
P = Kv2
size of building
WIND LOAD (WL)
• For the purpose of determining the seismic forces, India is divided into
five zones. Depending on the problem, one of the following two
methods may be used for computing the seismic forces: