Live Load Definition

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noun
Any load not constant in its application, as the moving traffic carried by a bridge or other structure in addition to its own weight.
Webster's New World
(roofing) Temporary load that the roof structure must be designed to support, as required by governing building codes. Live loads are generally moving and/or dynamic or environmental, (e.g., people, installation equipment, snow, ice or rain, etc.)
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Singular:
live load
Plural:
live-loads

Live Load Sentence Examples

  • Working Stress for combined Dead and Live Load.

  • In a three-span bridge the theoretical advantage of continuity is about 49% for a dead load and 16% for a live load.

  • The four cables support a dead load of 7140 tons and a live load of 4017 tons.

  • Live Load on Railway Bridges.-The live load is the weight of the heaviest train which can come on the bridge.

  • In the earlier girder bridges the live load was taken to be equivalent to a uniform load of 1 ton per foot run for each line of way.

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