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Design Load Categories for Structures

This document outlines design load categories and surface load values for various building spaces. It divides surfaces into slabs, staircases, balconies, offices, meeting halls, shops, and residential housing. Meeting halls, shops, and residential housing are further broken down into subcategories, and a uniform distributed load value qk in kN/m2 is provided for each category and subcategory for structural design considerations.

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Design Load Categories for Structures

This document outlines design load categories and surface load values for various building spaces. It divides surfaces into slabs, staircases, balconies, offices, meeting halls, shops, and residential housing. Meeting halls, shops, and residential housing are further broken down into subcategories, and a uniform distributed load value qk in kN/m2 is provided for each category and subcategory for structural design considerations.

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DESIGN LOAD
Live load
Describtive

Categories of loaded surface

Slabs
A Stair case
balcony
Office
B
Meeting hall C
[C1] Spaces with tables (school, caf, reception...)
[C2] Spaces with fixed seating (theater, churche,
waiting room...)
[C3] Spaces with obstacle (movie hall, hotels,
hospitals, acces to public building
[C4] Spaces with physical activities ( dancing,
stages, gym hall)
[C5] Spaces with crowd (concert, staduim)
Shopping
D
[D1] Commerces de dtail courants
[D2] Grands magasins
Residential
housing

qk (kN/m2)
1.5
2.5
3.5
2.5
2.5
4
4
5
5
5
5

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