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Table of contents
Abstract (italian version) ............................................................................................................................VIII
Abstract (english version) ............................................................................................................................. IX
1 State of art ................................................................................................................................................... 1
1.1 Building systems in timber construction ............................................................................... 1
1.1.1 Panel construction ................................................................................................................... 1
1.1.2 Solid timber construction..................................................................................................... 2
1.1.3 Frame construction ................................................................................................................. 2
1.1.4 Post-tension improvements................................................................................................ 4
1.2 Post-tension in concrete.................................................................................................................. 5
1.2.1 The Precast Seismic Structural Systems (PRESSS) ................................................. 6
1.2.2 Cable-stayed and suspended post-tensioned solutions .................................... 10
1.3 Post-tension in timber................................................................................................................... 11
1.3.1 Hybrid timber column-beam connections................................................................ 11
1.3.2 Post-tensioned walls ............................................................................................................ 12
1.3.3 Gravity beams .......................................................................................................................... 13
1.4 Objectives............................................................................................................................................. 14
2 Load span tables .................................................................................................................................... 15
2.1 Introduction........................................................................................................................................ 15
2.2 Preliminary considerations ........................................................................................................ 16
2.2.1 Design procedure and philosophy ................................................................................ 16
2.2.2 Tendon elongation ................................................................................................................ 17
2.2.3 Long term behaviour ........................................................................................................... 19
2.2.4 Strength, stress and deflection design ........................................................................ 20
2.2.5 Strength design ....................................................................................................................... 21
2.3 Load span tables ............................................................................................................................... 23
2.3.1 Material and section properties ..................................................................................... 23
2.3.2 Configurations ......................................................................................................................... 24
2.3.3 Table method ........................................................................................................................... 24
2.3.4 Design example ....................................................................................................................... 26
2.4 Considerations .................................................................................................................................. 29
2.4.1 Moment resisting connection.......................................................................................... 32
3 Connection experimental testing ................................................................................................. 35
3.1 Introduction........................................................................................................................................ 35
3.2 Beam design........................................................................................................................................ 36
3.3 Connection design ........................................................................................................................... 37
3.4 Connection reinforcement .......................................................................................................... 38
II
List of Figures
Figure 1.1: Timber structures in panel construction; housing estate in Karlsruhe,
Germany [21] ............................................................................................................................................................ 2
Figure 1.2: Load-bearing structure in solid timber construction; apartment block [21] . 2
Figure 1.3: traditional building frame [15] ............................................................................................... 3
Figure 1.4: post-and-beam [15]....................................................................................................................... 3
Figure 1.5: tie-beam frame [15] ...................................................................................................................... 3
Figure 1.6: -girder frame [15] .......................................................................................................................... 4
Figure 1.7: split-column frame [15] .............................................................................................................. 4
Figure 1.8: Diocesan school for girls aquatic centre, Auckland ...................................................... 5
Figure 1.9: NMIT Building, Nelson. ................................................................................................................ 5
Figure 1.10: prestressed beam, straight tendon [43] .......................................................................... 6
Figure 1.11: Test building Level 1 floor plan [23] ................................................................................ 7
Figure 1.12: Test building Level 4 floor plan [23] ................................................................................ 7
Figure 1.13: Hybrid frame interior joint [23]........................................................................................... 8
Figure 1.14: Pretensioned frame interior joint [23] .................................................................................. 8
Figure 1.15: TCY gap frame interior joint [23] ........................................................................................ 9
Figure 1.16: Elevation of shear wall system [23] ....................................................................................... 9
Figure 1.17: Brooklyn Systems - (a) cable-stayed and (b) suspended solutions ............... 10
Figure 1.18: Application of Hybrid Concept to LVL frame systems [36] ................................ 11
Figure 1.19: flag shape hysteresis [36] ..................................................................................................... 12
Figure 1.20: test-setup of coupled walls system [19] ....................................................................... 12
Figure 1.21: investigated beam configurations [37] ......................................................................... 13
Figure 1.22: wall-frame system .................................................................................................................... 14
Figure 2.1: Straight tendon profile configuration - Simply supported beam [37] ............ 15
Figure 2.2: Draped tendon profile configuration (a) Simply supported beam (b)
Statically indeterminate beam [37] ............................................................................................................ 15
Figure 2.3: post-tensioned beams design process.............................................................................. 16
Figure 2.4: non-linear unbonded post-tensioned tendons concept [37] ................................ 17
Figure 2.5: Iterative procedure at step n [37]....................................................................................... 18
Figure 2.6: beam configurations and tendon profiles ....................................................................... 24
Figure 2.7: comparison chart, straight and draped tendon, simply supported beam ..... 31
Figure 2.8: comparison chart, 300526, simply supported beam, draped tendon ........... 31
Figure 2.9: comparison chart, 300526 mm section, two-spans beam................................... 32
Figure 2.10: draped tendon passing through the column .............................................................. 32
Figure 2.11: bilinear spring behaviour ..................................................................................................... 32
Figure 2.12: Rotations due to uplift force, connection moment and distributed load [60]
....................................................................................................................................................................................... 33
Figure 3.1: connection test setup ................................................................................................................ 35
Figure 3.2: Napier Building plan view ...................................................................................................... 36
Figure 3.3: Schematics of gap opening and compression zone [60] ......................................... 37
Figure 3.4: moment-rotation and neutral axis- rotation trends of the connection ........... 38
Figure 3.5: timber corbel detail .................................................................................................................... 38
V
Figure 4.20: normalized strain penetration vs. microstrain, parallel to the grain ............ 70
Figure 4.21: normalized strain penetration vs. microstrain, perpendicular to the grain
....................................................................................................................................................................................... 70
Figure 4.22: wall sections (a) single wall, (b) coupled wall ........................................................... 71
Figure 4.23: mild steel reinforcement edge distance influence................................................... 71
Figure 4.24: influence of wall aspect ratio .............................................................................................. 72
Figure 4.25: post-tensioning and axial moment serviceability design chart ........................ 73
Figure 4.26: mild steel moment serviceability design chart ......................................................... 74
Figure 4.27: post-tensioning and axial moment ultimate design chart ................................... 75
Figure 4.28: mild steel moment ultimate design chart .................................................................... 76
Figure 4.29: post-tensioning and axial moment design chart ...................................................... 77
Figure 4.30: dissipating shear design chart ........................................................................................... 78
Figure 4.31: dissipaters configuration ...................................................................................................... 80
Figure 5.1: Case study building front view ............................................................................................. 83
Figure 5.2: case study building plan view ............................................................................................... 84
Figure 5.3: beam configurations .................................................................................................................. 84
Figure 5.4: walls solutions .............................................................................................................................. 84
Figure 5.5: gravity frame configurations ................................................................................................. 86
Figure 5.6: ULS moment and shear distributions ............................................................................... 88
Figure 5.7: ULS moment and shear distributions ............................................................................... 90
Figure 5.8: ULS moment and shear distributions (symmetric structure) .............................. 91
Figure 5.9: moment and shear ULS distributions (symmetric structure) .............................. 93
Figure 5.10: Single-degree of freedom system [44] ........................................................................... 95
Figure 5.11: flag-shaped hysteresis [44] ................................................................................................. 96
Figure 5.12: moment-rotation analysis of designed single wall .............................................. 101
Figure 5.13: PT anchorage details ............................................................................................................ 104
Figure 5.14: beam-column joint ................................................................................................................ 104
Figure 5.15: single wall with internal (a) and external (b)dissipaters detail.................... 105
Figure 5.16: coupled walls with UFP devices detail [48] ............................................................ 105
Figure 5.17: beam-wall joint, NMIT building, Nelson .................................................................... 106
Figure 8.1: simply supported beam, distributed load.................................................................... 113
Figure 8.2: simply supported beam straight tendon .................................................................. 114
Figure 8.3: simply supported beam draped tendon.................................................................... 115
Figure 8.4: continuous beam, 2 spans, distributed load ............................................................... 116
Figure 8.5: continuous beam, 2 spans, draped tendon.................................................................. 117
Figure 8.6: continuous beam, 3 spans, distributed load ............................................................... 119
Figure 8.7: continuous beam, 3 spans, draped tendon.................................................................. 120
Figure 9.1: static configurations ............................................................................................................... 123
VII
List of Tables
Table 2.1: k1, k2, k3 coefficients [13] ........................................................................................................... 20
Table 2.2: duration of load factor, k1 for strength [54] .................................................................... 20
Table 2.3: duration of load factor, k2 for deflection [NZS 3603] .................................................. 21
Table 2.4: moisture content factor k14 [54]............................................................................................. 21
Table 2.5: size factor k24 for strength of LVL ......................................................................................... 21
Table 2.6: LVL characteristic properties .................................................................................................. 23
Table 2.7: standard sections ........................................................................................................................... 23
Table 2.8: post-tensioning steel properties............................................................................................ 23
Table 2.9: beam configurations .................................................................................................................... 24
Table 2.10: load span table, 300526 mm section, straight profile........................................... 25
Table 2.11: design example data .................................................................................................................. 26
Table 2.12: limit states loads.......................................................................................................................... 27
Table 2.13: governing checks, 300526 mm section, no tendons .............................................. 29
Table 2.14: governing checks, 300526 mm section, draped tendon ...................................... 29
Table 2.15: two-spans beam, 300526 mm section, no tendons ................................................ 30
Table 2.16: two-spans beam, 300526 mm section, draped tendon ........................................ 30
Table 3.1: Required beam height and governing design criteria for different beam
designs [60] ............................................................................................................................................................. 37
Table 3.2: characteristic values NelsonPine LVL ................................................................................. 39
Table 3.3: testing schedule .............................................................................................................................. 41
Table 3.4: rotation, test 1a ............................................................................................................................... 46
Table 3.5: rotations, test 1b ............................................................................................................................ 47
Table 3.6: stiffness results [60] ..................................................................................................................... 48
Table 3.7: decompression moment and rotations results [60] .................................................... 49
Table 4.1: LVL11 characteristic properties ............................................................................................ 56
Table 4.2: GRADE 300 bar properties ....................................................................................................... 57
Table 4.3: post-tensioning and axial moment serviceability table ............................................. 73
Table 4.4: steel moment serviceability design table .......................................................................... 74
Table 4.5: post-tensioning and axial moment ultimate design table ........................................ 75
Table 4.6: mild steel moment ultimate design table .......................................................................... 76
Table 4.7: post-tensioning and axial moment design table ............................................................ 77
Table 5.1: combination factors [51] ........................................................................................................... 85
Table 5.2: load span tables - simply supported, straight tendon, 300526 mm (t f=tw=63
mm) ............................................................................................................................................................................. 87
Table 5.3: sections pre-dimensioning ....................................................................................................... 87
Table 5.4: simply supported beam section properties ..................................................................... 87
Table 5.5: materials needed for each configuration .......................................................................... 94
Table 5.6: SDOF parameters ........................................................................................................................... 96
Table 5.7: reduced design displacement spectrum [53].................................................................. 98
VIII
1 State of art
Figure 1.1: Timber structures in panel construction; housing estate in Karlsruhe, Germany [21]
Figure 1.2: Load-bearing structure in solid timber construction; apartment block [21]
Post-and-Beam construction
In this type of framing continuous girders rest on
columns; columns are therefore interrupted by
girders, but are set up again on the next floor.
Connections between girders and columns can be
made in various ways. Normally the load from the
upper column is not transferred to the lower one
through the girder, because transverse
compression in the girder would be exceeded. It is
necessary to use steel or timber gussets for this
purpose. Floor beams or planks span between
Figure 1.4: post-and-beam [15]
girders.
Tie-beam construction
The main girders are set as tie beams into
continuous columns with identical details in all four
directions. The beams in the adjacent floor panels
span in alternate directions. In this way, the tie
beams are loaded equally, but cantilevers are not
feasible. The relatively high cost of connections may
be offset by prefabrication only if there is large
number of them. In comparison with other types of
framing, this system has the advantage of a uniform
ceiling height.
Figure 1.5: tie-beam frame [15]
4 State of art
Twin-girder framing
Continuous twin girders span between
continuous columns and are attached to their
sides. Floor beams or planks, depending on the
span, are supported by the twin girders. The
advantage of this system is that both columns
and girders are continuous.
A hallmark of this type of framing is the
protruding end of twin girders, necessary
because of the required end length at dowel
connection between girder and column. It is very
necessary to secure these ends by preservatives,
Figure 1.6: -girder frame [15]
or by sealing them with sealers or metal covers.
Split-column framing
Continuous girders are placed between split
columns. Twin columns represent a reversal of twin-
girder framing. Quadruple columns allow a two-way
layout of girders. The application of the latter
arrangement is limited because securing the building
against fire requires either oversize columns to
prevent their buckling or the insertion of filler within
the split columns. For this reason split columns are
especially suitable for long spans; they have to be
large enough to provide sufficient load capacity.
(
b)
The use and development of precast concrete structures in seismic areas have been
limited, until the late 1990s, by the absence of rational and flexible seismic design code
provisions in major model building codes.
In the late 1990s a revolutionary alternative technological solution capable of
achieving high seismic performance at low-cost has been introduced as main outcome
of the U.S. PRESSS program [24].
Figure 1.11: Test building Level 1 floor plan [23] Figure 1.12: Test building Level 4 floor plan [23]
The PRESSS III test building consists of frames in one direction and a shear wall in the
other, as shown in Figure 1.11 and Figure 1.12. The floor system used in the first three
levels is pre-topped double tees, and the top two levels consist of topped hollow-core
slabs. Those choices were made in order to include the two major structural framing
systems commonly used in precast construction.
Four different types of ductile connection systems are used in the PRESSS III test
building frames. They are:
Tension-Compression Yielding;
TCY gap connection;
TCY connection;
hybrid connection;
pretensioned connection.
8 State of art
Hybrid frame
The hybrid frame interior joint is shown in Figure 1.13. The beams are connected to
multi-storey columns by unbonded post-tensioning strands that run through a duct in
the centre of the beam and through the columns. Mild steel reinforcement is placed in
ducts at the top and bottom of the beam and is grouted. It yields alternately in tension
and compression and provides energy dissipation.
Pretensioned frame
The pretensioned frame is intended to be used for construction where the most
economical method consists of using one-story columns with multi- span beams. Long,
multi-span beams are cast in normal pretensioned casting beds, with specified lengths
of the pretensioning strand debonded. These beams are then set on one story columns
with the column reinforcing steel extending through sleeves in the beams. Reinforcing
bar splices ensure the continuity of the column above the beam. As the frame displaces
laterally, the debonded strand remains elastic.
Wall system
For the past several years, the PCI Ad Hoc
Committee on Precast Walls has been
promoting precast shear walls as seismic
resisting systems for all seismic zones.
This work has focused on tuning jointed
walls to lengthen the structural period and
reduce the design base shear forces. Elastic
forces were distributed so that sufficient
resistance to overturning was provided by
the gravity loads on the system.
The PRESSS test building took this
concept one step further by considering
the behaviour of the jointed shear wall
system when the wall lifts off and rocks,
together with its effect on design forces.
U-shaped flexure plates (UFP) are used
Figure 1.16: Elevation of shear wall system [23] for vertical joint connection devices where
damping is achieved by means of flexural yielding of the plates. The unbonded post-
tensioning is designed to re-centre the wall system when the load is removed so there
will be no residual drift after a design-level earthquake. Re-centering is ensured by
relating the elastic capacity of the post-tensioning system to the yield strength of the
10 State of art
panel-to-panel connections. Figure 1.16 shows the shear wall elevation, with unbonded
post-tensioning located at the centre of each panel. The shear wall is expected to
displace laterally to approximately 2 percent story drift under a design-level
earthquake.
(a) (b)
Figure 1.17: Brooklyn Systems - (a) cable-stayed and (b) suspended solutions
Despite the shear load could be transferred by means of friction due to post-
tensioning force, usually this is penalized by major design codes. Furthermore a
controversial argument has also been recently raised up on the possible losses of
prestressing due to bream-elongation effects on a multi/storey building ([41]) higher
mode effects.
In order to eliminate this shortcoming, the Brooklyn system was based on the
introduction of a steel corbel in the column, able to fully counteract the shear force
transmitted by the beam to the column. In this way the prestressing tendons have only
to balance flexural stresses [39].
State of art 11
major earthquake, consist of the replacement of the only sacrificial elements, i.e. the
UFPs, which is a low-cost operation [19].
1.4 Objectives
For beams subjected to gravity frames different aspects will be investigated. First of
all the advantages deriving by introducing post-tensioning tendons will be emphasized.
In particular the section height and the timber volume will be considered as
parameters for all comparisons.
The second objective will consist in realizing the influence of post-tension to sectional
behaviour. In fact deflection is generally governing the design of this beams for long
spans and the introduction of post-tension could bring some advantages.
Similarly to concrete (1.2.2), an alternative configuration with draped post-
tensioning will be experimentally investigated. The tests will focus on the moment-
rotation behaviour of the connection.
The main issue of this type of connection is the perpendicular to grain stress on the
column. The test will investigate different column reinforcements and their advantages
will be discussed.
Possible improvements deriving by post-tension in gravity dominated frames can be
maintained even for building is seismic areas by considering a wall-frame solution,
similarly on what is done for concrete structures. The wall will carry all the horizontal
loading while the frame will bring all the vertical loads.
Simplified design tools for both beams within gravity frames and post-tensioned shear
walls will be developed. Particular attention will be paid on the parameters involved in
the design.
The utilisation of the aforementioned simplified design tools and of the system shown
in Figure 1.22 will be applied to a case study building in the last part of the document.
15
2.1 Introduction
Configurations and results investigated in previous works [8, 37] are herein taken into
account for the development of simplified design tools for post-tensioned LVL box
beams.
Figure 2.1: Straight tendon profile configuration - Simply supported beam [37]
Figure 2.2: Draped tendon profile configuration (a) Simply supported beam (b) Statically
indeterminate beam [37]
Simply supported and continuous beams and both post-tensioned and standard
elements are considered.
As pointed out in [37] straight tendon solution for continuous beam is not the most
viable solution. Therefore this tendon profile is not considered in the development of
the tables.
16 Load span tables
( 2.1 )
Where and are the portions of dead and live (0 to 0.4) loads respectively,
and are the dead and live loads.
The deflection under Pd,pt shall be then equivalent to the precamber due to post-
tensioning force.
( 2.2 )
Checks
Moment and axial force
Shear
Deflection Balance Flanges stresses
w(Pd,pt) = w(FP) Deflections (long and
short term)
Post-tensioning Force
FP
Figure 2.3: post-tensioned beams design process
Load span tables 17
At step (0) the initial load N0 is applied; after the application of the forces F, step (1),
the beam changes its configuration and the tendon length LP0 increases to reach a value
LP1; this tendon strain produces an increase of the post-tensioning load to N1.
The initial length of the single finite element of tendon profile can be evaluated as:
( 2.3 )
where xP0 and yP0 are the initial coordinates at the edges relative to the reference
system. In this way the initial length of the cable LP0 can be achieved as sum of the
length of the single elements:
( 2.4 )
( 2.5 )
18 Load span tables
( 2.6 )
Starting from the tendon elongation the strain at step 1 1 can be achieved as:
( 2.8 )
( 2.9 )
Where AP is the post-tensioning area, EP the steel elastic modulus. The force variation
in the tendon at step 1:
( 2.10 )
The force in the tendon needs to be depurated of the instantaneous elastic losses
NN1(inst):
( 2.11 )
( 2.12 )
This procedure is not implemented in the design tables. In fact, as aforementioned, the
contribution of the higher post-tensioned force is beneficial in term of section height.
On the other hand this contribution could become significant for the design of post-
tensioning strands. It is thus suggested to check with the increased post-tensioning
force that the strands are not yielding.
Load span tables 19
( 2.13 )
( 2.14 )
( 2.16 )
( 2.17 )
Thus:
( 2.18 )
20 Load span tables
Coefficients
The coefficient k1, k2 and k3 are summarized in Table 2.1
Tendon profile k1 k2 k3
Straight 1
Draped
Parabolic
Table 2.1: k1, k2, k3 coefficients [13]
The coefficients reported in the Table 2.1 are valid if the eccentricity at the edge e1 is
greater than zero. If not the bending contribute disappears in the coefficient P for the
simply supported beam and P2 for the statically indeterminate beam. The mechanic
coefficient becomes:
( 2.19 )
Duration factors
The factors for duration of load should be the same as solid timber shown in NZS 3603
and shown below:
Duration of load Examples k1
Dead and live loads that are essentially permanent such as stores
Permanent (including water tanks and the like), library stacks, fixed plant, soil 0.60
pressures.
Snow loads, live loads, crowd loadings, concrete formwork, vehicle,
Medium 0.80
pedestrian and cattle loadings.
Wind, earthquake, impact, erection and maintenance loadings, pile
Brief 1.00
driving.
Table 2.2: duration of load factor, k1 for strength [54]
Load span tables 21
k2
Moisture
Duration of For bending,
content at time
load compression or For tension
of loading
shear
12 months or
25% or more 3.0 1.5
more
12 months or
18% or less 2.0 1.0
more
2 weeks or less Any 1.0 1.0
Table 2.3: duration of load factor, k2 for deflection [NZS 3603]
Size effect
For beam greater than 300 mm the characteristics stresses in bending and tension
should be multiplied by the size factor:
Depth of LVL member [mm]
Property
240 300 360 400 450 600 900 1200
Bending and
1.0 1.0 0.97 0.95 0.93 0.89 0.83 0.79
compression
Tension
0.92 0.89 0.86 0.85 0.83 0.79 0.74 0.71
parallel
Table 2.5: size factor k24 for strength of LVL
( 2.20 )
Where M* is the design moment, Nc* the design axial compression load, My the nominal
bending strength given in ( 2.21 ), Nnc the nominal compressive strength given in
equation ( 2.22 ).
22 Load span tables
( 2.21 )
Where fb is the characteristic bending stress, Z the section modulus of the beam.
( 2.22 )
Shear
The flexural shear strength shall satisfy the following relationship:
( 2.23 )
Where:
( 2.24 )
Deflection design
Short term
( 2.25 )
Where 0 is the deflection due to distributed load, 1 the pre-camber due to post-
tension, k2,short the duration factor given in Table 2.3 referring to a short term loading,
is the limit predicted by NZS 1170 [51].
Long term
For long term checks the post-tensioning losses are to be considered.
( 2.26 )
( 2.27 )
( 2.28 )
Load span tables 23
Timber
The box beams considered are made of Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL),
characterized by the following properties:
Characteristic
Property Unit
value
Modulus of Elasticity E MPa 10,700
Bending fb MPa 48
Tension parallel to grain ft MPa 30
Compression perpendicular to
fp MPa 12
grain
Compression parallel to grain fc MPa 45
Shear in beam fs MPa 6
Table 2.6: LVL characteristic properties
Considering standard profiles the standard sections are shown in the following table:
tw b h
300 426
300 486
300 526
300 586
300 736
h
400 426
400 486
tf 400 526
400 586
b 400 736
Table 2.7: standard sections
Post-tensioning steel
Property Value
fy 1860 MPa
12.7 mm
A 100 mm2
Ny 186 kN
Nd 130 kN
Table 2.8: post-tensioning steel properties
24 Load span tables
2.3.2 Configurations
The following configuration are taken into account for the development of load span
tables.
Static configuration Spans Tendon profile
-
Simply supported 1 Straight
Draped
-
2
Draped
Continuous
-
3
Draped
Table 2.9: beam configurations
( 2.29 )
The first step of optimization was the variation of this design assumption, considering
values of from 80% to 100% and from 0% to 40%. Lowering these
percentages brings, in some cases, to reach longer spans for given section, profile and
number of strands.
The load range is evaluated considering minimum and maximum values, based on
commonly used floor systems.
Dead loads:
o Light floor: ;
o Heavy floor: ;
o Service:
Live loads [52]:
o General areas (minimum): ;
o Factories, workshops and similar buildings: ;
Floor span range between 3.0 m and 10.0 m is taken into account:
The variation of these parameters led to the creation of a second table indicating the
design assumption suggested.
Strand profile
Usually for simply supported beams the deviator distance from the edge considered is
one third of the span. This is already optimized as the moment due to the distributed
design load pd,pt is completely absorbed by post-tensioning moment.
For continuous configurations this is not anymore true by considering the same
distance. The profile optimization is then performed assuming that the moment area
due to pd,pt should be the same of the one due to post-tensioning. By considering this
assumption for continuous beam the following optimized profiles are worked out.
26 Load span tables
Number of strands
As post-tensioning design load is not a fixed parameter, but it is varied depending on
the load acting on the beam, the post-tensioning force will be strictly dependent on this
load.
The tables are then divided with regard to the number of strands needed, limited to 2,
4 or 7 tendons due to the available anchorage systems.
Form data in Table 2.11 the load acting on the beam can be evaluated as:
( 2.30 )
Once these loads are evaluated, depending on the type of configuration used it is
possible to choose the right table to do the pre-dimensioning of the section:
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 47 43 39 35 32 30 28 24 21 19 17 15 13 10 7 5 - - - - -
7 46 41 37 34 29 28 26 22 20 18 15 13 9 5 - - - - - - -
9 44 39 35 32 29 27 25 22 19 16 13 8 - - - - - - - - -
11 43 38 34 30 28 25 23 21 18 14 8 - - - - - - - - - -
13 41 36 32 29 26 23 21 19 14 9 - - - - - - - - - - -
15 39 35 31 27 24 22 20 15 9 - - - - - - - - - - - -
17 38 33 29 26 23 20 18 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
19 36 31 27 24 19 19 15 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
21 35 30 26 22 20 17 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
23 33 28 24 21 18 14 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 31 27 23 18 16 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
27 30 25 21 18 15 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
29 28 23 19 16 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 27 22 18 14 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 25 20 16 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 23 19 15 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 22 17 13 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 20 15 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 19 14 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 17 12 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 15 11 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 14 9 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 12 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
A mm2 95,760
As mm2 45,360
tf I mm4 2.76109
Z mm3 1.14107
b
Now the strength and deflection design can be done, starting from the suggested
design assumption:
( 2.31 )
For the straight profile the dimension equation (see Appendix A) leads to:
. ( 2.32 )
The ultimate limit state and serviceability limit state checks are now performed
considering the following loads.
Parameter Unit Value
qULS kN/m 47.1
qSLS,S kN/m 31.0
qSLS,L kN/m 26.5
Table 2.12: limit states loads
( 2.33 )
Where:
Shear
( 2.34 )
28 Load span tables
Where:
Stress check
( 2.35 )
Where:
.
.
.
( 2.36 )
Where:
( 2.38 )
Where:
.
Load span tables 29
2.4 Considerations
A case study section of 300526 mm is considered in the following comparisons.
As previously mentioned, the deflection could be a governing check for this type of
beams (if not post-tensioned), most of all for long spans. Instead, for shorter spans,
shear strength is the main governing check (see Table 2.13).
By introducing the post-tensioning profile the governing checks are changing. Below
load span tables reporting the governing checks for each combination of dead load and
span are shown for the case study section and simply supported configuration.
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Governing check
5 shear shear def. def. def. def. def. - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
7 shear shear def. def. def. def. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
9 shear def. def. def. def. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
11 shear def. def. def. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
13 shear def. def. def. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
15 shear def. def. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
17 shear def. def. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
19 def. def. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
21 def. def. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
23 def. def. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 def. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
27 def. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
29 def. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 def. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 def. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Table 2.13: governing checks, 300526 mm section, no tendons
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Governing check
5 shear shear top top top top top top top top top top def. top top top def. def. - - -
7 shear shear top top top top top top top top top top top top def. def. - - - - -
9 shear shear top top top top top top top top def. def. def. - - - - - - - -
11 shear shear top top top top top top top top def. def. - - - - - - - - -
13 shear shear top top top top top top top def. def. - - - - - - - - - -
15 shear top top top top top top top def. def. - - - - - - - - - - -
17 shear top top top top top top def. def. - - - - - - - - - - - -
19 shear top top top top top def. def. - - - - - - - - - - - - -
21 shear top top top top top def. - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
23 shear top top top top def. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 shear top top top top def. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
27 shear top top top def. def. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
29 shear top top top def. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 shear top top top def. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 shear top top def. def. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 shear top top def. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 shear top top def. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 shear top top - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 shear top def. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 top top def. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 top top def. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 top top def. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 top def. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 top def. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
= 2 strands, = 4 strands, = 7 strands
Table 2.14: governing checks, 300526 mm section, draped tendon
For short spans, the introduction of draped tendon for a simply supported beam is not
influencing significantly the section behaviour, shear strength remains the governing
check.
As the span is getting higher top flange stress becomes the main governing check and
only for a minimal portion long term deflections is still governing.
30 Load span tables
Analysing the continuous beam configuration, for the same section, the long term
deflection is not anymore influencing the design. Shear strength is definitely governing
the design, for the majority of span lengths and loads.
The introduction of a draped tendon can bring a significant shear contribution. From
Table 2.16 the predominance of top flange stress is manifest.
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Governing check
5 shear shear shear shear shear top top bend top top def. def. def. - - - - - - - -
7 shear shear shear shear shear top top bend top def. def. - - - - - - - - - -
9 shear shear shear shear shear top bend top def. def. - - - - - - - - - - -
11 shear shear shear shear shear top bend def. def. - - - - - - - - - - - -
13 shear shear shear shear shear top top def. - - - - - - - - - - - - -
15 shear shear shear shear shear top def. - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
17 shear shear shear shear shear top def. - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
19 shear shear shear shear shear def. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
21 shear shear shear shear shear def. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
23 shear shear shear shear shear - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 shear shear shear shear shear - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
27 shear shear shear shear def. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
29 shear shear shear shear - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 shear shear shear shear - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 shear shear shear shear - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 shear shear shear shear - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 shear shear shear - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 shear shear shear - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 shear shear shear - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 shear shear - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 shear shear - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 shear - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 shear - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 shear - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Table 2.15: two-spans beam, 300526 mm section, no tendons
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Governing check
5 shear shear shear shear shear top top top top top top top top top top top top top top top top
7 shear shear shear shear shear top top top top top top top top top top top top top def. top top
9 shear shear shear shear top top top top top top top top top top top top top top top top -
11 shear shear shear shear top top top top top top top top top top def. top top def. - - -
13 shear shear shear shear top top top top top top top top top top top top top - - - -
15 shear shear shear shear top top top top top top top top top top top - - - - - -
17 shear shear shear shear top top top top top top top top top top - - - - - - -
19 shear shear shear shear top top top top top top top top top - - - - - - - -
21 shear shear shear shear top top top top top top top top - - - - - - - - -
23 shear shear shear shear top top top top top top top def. - - - - - - - - -
25 shear shear shear shear top top top top top top top - - - - - - - - - -
27 shear shear shear shear top top top top top top def. - - - - - - - - - -
29 shear shear shear shear top top top top top top - - - - - - - - - - -
31 shear shear shear shear top top top top top - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 shear shear shear shear top top top top top - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 shear shear shear shear top top top top - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 shear shear shear shear top top top top - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 shear shear shear shear top top top def. - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 shear shear shear shear top top top - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 shear shear shear shear top top top - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 shear shear shear shear top top top - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 shear shear shear shear top top - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 shear shear shear shear top top - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 shear shear shear shear top top - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
= 4 strands, = 7 strands
Table 2.16: two-spans beam, 300526 mm section, draped tendon
Load span tables 31
Now to underline the differences in terms of increased span and loads some
comparison charts are shown and discussed.
In Figure 2.7 the difference between draped and straight tendon profile for a simply
supported beam is highlighted.
The advantages of draped, in comparison with straight tendons, is not negligible but is
not very prominent. The different charts are very near and the increase both in load
carrying capacity and beam span reachable is small, as pointed out in [8, 37].
45
Maximum Live Load [kN/m]
40
35
30
25
20
15
6.5 6.8
10
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Beam Span [m]
Dead load Draped 5 9 13 17
g [kN/m] Straight 5 9 13 17
Figure 2.7: comparison chart, straight and draped tendon, simply supported beam
40
37
35
30
25
20
15
10
5.6 7.8
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Beam Span [m]
Dead load No tendons 5 9 13 17
G [kN/m] Straight tendon 5 9 13 17
Figure 2.8: comparison chart, 300526, simply supported beam, draped tendon
32 Load span tables
45
Maximum Live Load [kN/m] 40
36
35
30
25
20
15
10
6.7 8.4
5.0 7.0 9.0 11.0 13.0 15.0
Beam Span [m]
Dead load No tendons 5 9 13 17
g [kN/m] Straight tendon 5 9 13 17
Figure 2.9: comparison chart, 300526 mm section, two-spans beam
The increase in load carrying capacity is significant, such as the higher spans
achievable. The increase in span is more noticeable for simply supported beam.
FP,V FP,V
Figure 2.10: draped tendon passing through the column
Similarly to what has been done for concrete (see Chapter 1, 1.2.2), the introduction
of a draped tendon passing through the column could be feasible.
A simple model can be used to evaluate the beam behaviour, consisting in a rotational
spring characterized by stiffness k.
k2
M
k1
Figure 2.11: bilinear spring behaviour
The connection rotation has three components (Figure 2.12); rotation due to uplift
force at the deviator, rotation due to connection moment and rotation due to load on
the beam. Analytical expressions for each component can be derived from structura l
mechanics.
Load span tables 33
Fv l 2 M con l q l3
1 2 3
9 EI 2 EI 24 EI
Figure 2.12: Rotations due to uplift force, connection moment and distributed load [60]
The total connection rotation will result from the sum of these three contributions.
( 2.39 )
( 2.40 )
Combining expressions reported in Figure 2.12 with Equations ( 2.39 ) and ( 2.40 ) the
connection moment is evaluated.
Now considering the super-positioning method it is possible to calculate the
connection moment as:
( 2.41 )
As not much information about this particular configuration is present for timber, the
purpose of the next chapter will be that of investigate experimentally the behaviour of
this connection.
34 Load span tables
35
3.1 Introduction
The configuration proposed in paragraph 2.4.1 was tested in order to investigate its
behaviour. The perpendicular to the grain compression on the side of the column is a
significant issue of this type of configuration, as identified in [36] and [18].
The present test explored the connection performance in terms of moment-rotation
behaviour. Particular attention was paid to the beam-column interface considering
different connection reinforcements.
4.8
2
7.4
6.1
3
4.8
4
7.6 7.6 7.6
Figure 3.2: Napier Building plan view
A TCC floor system was considered and below the loading calculation are shown:
Weight:
o Concrete:
o Plywood:
o LVL:
o Services: .
Total Dead Load:
Total Live Load: (offices)
Load combinations
o ULS:
o SLSshort
o SLSlong
Design beam loads (span 6.1 m)
o ULS:
o SLSshort
o SLSlong
The frame has been designed considering a simply supported configuration with
rotational linear spring to simulate the stiffness of the connection.
The post-tensioning effect is represented applying vertical forces next to the
deviators, while the eccentricity of the strands is ignored as it is more influencing the
column rather than the beam.
A comparison between different beam configurations is shown in Table 3.1. As
pointed out in Chaper 2, a significant reduction in terms of beam height can be achieved
by introducing post-tension.
Connection experimental testing 37
( 3.1 )
Where is a correction factor for the columns transverse elastic modulus, Eperp, and is
empirically expressed in MPa as:
( 3.2 )
While is a correction factor for the initial axial stress in beams, fi, and is given in MPa
as:
( 3.3 )
( 3.4 )
The design brings to the moment-rotation trend shown in Figure 3.4, where the
decompression moment of 130 kNm at 4.3 mrad of connection rotation is highlighted.
Previous calculations showed that this value it is not reached even in the ultimate limit
state, then it can be stated that the connection is overdesigned.
200 600
Connection Moment [kNm]
180
160 500
140 400
120
100 300
80
60 200
40 Moment
Decompression Moment 100
20 Neutral axis
0 0
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
Connection Rotation [mrad]
Figure 3.4: moment-rotation and neutral axis- rotation trends of the connection
The connection stiffness obtained is 30 MNm/rad. This value is considered for the
analysis of the frame for the design of the beam.
A steel corbel (Figure 3.6) with and without screws reinforcement (Figure 3.7) of the
column is taken into account.
The screws reinforcement is evaluated according to Bejtka et al. [2].
Connection experimental testing 39
Figure 3.6: steel corbel detail Figure 3.7: screw reinforcement detail
Two different types of column were then considered. The first one is consisting of a
normal LVL column with outer sheets rotated. This allows to have a combination
between the parallel and perpendicular to the grain direction, resulting in a higher
connection stiffness.
The last configuration is consisting in crossbanded LVL. This is similar to normal LVL
but several of its layers are rotated (see Figure 3.8).
having a radius of 2 m, which was glued inside the box beam. An extra sheet of LVL
was glued at the end of the beam to support the anchorage plate. The tendons passed
through the column through a gap 130 mm high and 90 mm wide.
The columns were made up of several layers of LVL, such that each column was
approximately 300 mm wide. The remaining column cross-section at the tendon
opening was designed to satisfy strength requirements for ULS compressive force
(670 kN) and bending moment (84 kNm) for the whole frame. A timber corbel was
placed at the top of the connection to prevent the beam from lifting up due to the
upwards force from the deviated tendon [60].
The test of the specimen tries to imitate the design moment at the connection. This
can be achieved by a certain force in the ram, which means that the test is load-
controlled.
This was not possible with the controller available, therefore a displacement protocol
has been made, which was varied to achieve the required loads in the ram.
Connection moment
The force in the ram was monitored (Figure 3.11) to evaluate the connection moment
with Equation ( 3.5 )).
0
0 100 200 300
-10
Ram Force [kN]
-20
-30
-40
-50
-60
Steps
( 3.5 )
Where Fpt is the total post-tensioning force in the four tendons, Fpt,v is the vertical
uplift force at the deviator, Fram is the force in the ram, e the eccentricity of the
anchorage (150 mm), a the distance between the deviator and the connection (2.26 m)
and b the distance between the ram and the connection (3.05 m) as shown in Figure
3.12.
FP
a
b FPV Fram
100
80
40
20
-40
-60
Steps
Tendon elongation
It can be seen that there is some tendon elongation during the 440kN test, right graph,
but that it is much more noticeable during the 220kN test. Because of the lower PT
force, there is more gap opening and so more tendon elongation.
500
Post-tensionin Force [kN]
450
400
350
300
250
200
0 100 200 300 400 500 600
Steps
Figure 3.14: post-tensioning forces, test 1a [60]
44 Connection experimental testing
500
400
350
300
250
200
0 100 200 300
Steps
Figure 3.15: post-tensioning forces, test 1b [60]
Gap opening
The gap opening is measured by three pots at the beam-column interface (see Figure
3.16). The results are plotted in the two graphs below. At the 220 kN test it can be seen
that there is a lot of gap opening at the top, about 9 mm and even 3 mm at the centre of
the beam. At the bottom there is an indentation of 3 mm. There is a 6mm difference
between each of the pots, showing a linear displacement along the connection.
Connection experimental testing 45
12
10 Bottom
Middle
8 Top
Displacement [mm]
6
0
0 100 200 300 400 500 600
-2
-4 Steps
Figure 3.17: gap opening, test 1a [60]
0
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350
-0.5
Displacement [mm]
-1
-1.5
Bottom
-2 Middle
Top
-2.5 Steps
Figure 3.18: gap opening, test 1b [60]
Connection rotation
The rotations were monitored as shown in Figure 3.19. A positive rotation and
moment is counter clockwise.
The rotation within the beam (between the connection and halfway between the
measurement points) was calculated as follows:
( 3.6 )
38 Beam Total
33 Column
Joint panel
28 Connection
Rotation [mrad]
23 Beam
18
13
8
3
-2
0 100 200 300 400 500 600
Steps
The connection moment and the connection rotation can be combined, achieving the
following moment-rotation charts.
Moment-rotation
From moment and rotation evaluated in previous paragraphs, the following chart can
be worked out.
The first two cycles in the SLS are shown on the left side in the graph, going through
the origin. The two cycles in the ULS show that the connection rotation is moving to the
right, which means that there is a permanent rotation after having reached the ULS,
indicating non-linear material behaviour (crushing of the timber perpendicular to the
grain in the column). This permanent rotation could be described as damage to the
system, though 1.5 mrad of permanent rotation is quite minimal.
STIFFNESS [kN/mrad]
Steel Change
No. Fpt Timber Screws SLS ULS SLS
corbel SLS
1a No No 25.6 (100%) 1.5 (100%) 22.5( 100%) -12%
2a 220 Normal Yes Yes 42.0 (164%) 1.7 (117%) 39.7 (177%) -5%
2c No Yes 41.0 (160%) 1.7 (114%) 26.1 (116%) -35%
3a Outer No No 34.8 (100%) 2.4 (100%) 28.7 (100%) -18%
4a 220 sheet Yes Yes 29.2 (84%) 2.1 (121%) 26.9 (94%) -6%
4c rotated No Yes 19.6 (56%) 2.8 (117%) 18.6 (65%) -5%
5a No No 34.3 (100%) 2.1 (100%) 32.8 (100%) -5%
6a 220 Crosslam Yes Yes 25.3 (74%) 2.8 (134%) 27.5 (84%) 9%
6c No Yes 19.3 (56%) 2.3 (112%) 20.1 (61%) 4%
7a Timber reinf. 26.6 1.9 23.1 -13%
220 Crosslam
8a No No 28.4 2.5 28.6 1%
STIFFNESS
Steel Change
Fpt Timber Screws SLS ULS SLS
corbel SLS
1b No No 32.1 (100%) 4.4 (100%) 29.9 (100%) -7%
2b 440 Normal Yes Yes 51.6 (161%) 8.3 (190%) 58.6 (196)% 14%
2d No Yes 35.8 (111%) 3.9 (89%) 32.4 (108%) (-9%)
3b Outer No No 47.3 (100%) 14.2 (100%) 46.6 (100%) -2%
4b 440 sheet Yes Yes 39.5 (84%) 7.6 (54%) 36.9 (79%) -7%
4d rotated No Yes 37.7 (80%) 6.6 (46%) 33.1 (71%) -12%
5b No No 54.5 (100%) 5.7 (100%) 82.0 (100%) 50%
6b 440 Crosslam Yes Yes 41.4 (76%) 6.9 (121%) 39.4 (48%) -5%
6d No Yes 42.6 (78%) 5.9 (104%) 40.3 (49%) -6%
7b Timber reinf. 48.2 6.0 47.2 -2%
440 Crosslam
8b No No 52.6 5.4 49.6 -17%
Table 3.6: stiffness results [60]
Because of the increase in stiffness of test 5b, it was decided to repeat the test. For this
the results are more realistic.
Rotation at zero moment [mrad]
Mdec
No. SLS 1 SLS 2 SLS 3 SLS 4 Permanet
(average) [kNm]
1a 50 1.6 2.0 3.2 3.2 1.4
1b 74 -.3 -.2 1.3 1.2 1.5
2a 51 -2.4 -2.2 -1.7 -1.8 0.6
2b 87 -3.1 -3.0 -2.8 -2.9 0.2
2c 47 -3.5 -3.4 -2.5 -2.5 1.0
2d 78 -3.2 -3.1 -1.6 -1.6 1.6
3a 48 -1.4 -1.4 -1.2 -1.3 0.2
3b 83 -1.2 -1.2 -1.0 -1.0 0.2
4a 44 1.7 1.8 2.1 2.1 0.4
4b 78 2.2 2.1 2.3 2.3 0.1
4c 44 0.9 0.9 1.1 1.1 0.2
Connection experimental testing 49
80
60
Moment [kNm]
40
SLS
20
0
-4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10
-20
90% Dead
-40
1b - Timber to timber
-60 2b - Steel corbel + screws
2d - Steel corbel
-80
Rotation [mrad]
80
60
Moment [kNm]
40
SLS
20
0
-4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10
-20
90% Dead
-40
3b - Timber to timber
-60 4b - Steel corbel + screws
4d - Steel corbel
-80
Rotation [mrad]
80
60
Moment [kNm]
40
SLS
20
0
-4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10
-20
90% Dead
-40
5b - Timber to timber
-60 6b - Steel corbel + screws
6d - Steel corbel
-80
Rotation [mrad]
170
120
Moment [kNm] 70
20
-4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10
-30
1b - Timber to timber
3b - Rotated outer sheet
5b - Crosslam
-80
Rotation [mrad]
The testing showed that depending on the connection details, the initial stiffness is
between 30 and 59 kNm/mrad. The lower bound of 30 kNm/mrad is chosen here,
although different values will be evaluated later. The experimental testing showed that
the connection stiffness can be approximated using a bi-linear curve as shown in Figure
3.27. The post-tensioning force of 440 kN gives an initial stiffness of 30 kNm, a
decompression moment of 77 kNm and stiffness after decompression of 15% of the
initial stiffness, which is 4.5 kNm/mrad.
This bi-linear approximation, with q = 50 kN/m and Fv = 57 kN, gives the ULS
connection moment of 95 kNm for the initial connection stiffness of 30 kNm/mrad. A
simplification would be that of ignoring the bi-linear part and use only the initial
stiffness. The ULS connection moment will increase to 114 kNm which is a
conservative design. The mid-span beam moment should be evaluated carefully since
this value will decrease and thus be un-conservative. A greater simplification would
52 Connection experimental testing
Figure 3.28: Graph of connection moment for different connection models [60]
6. Crossbanded LVL (test 5b) also increases the stiffness of the connection and
partly solves the problem with the permanent rotation.
7. Extra timber in the bottom of the beam (test 7b) does not improve the
performance of the connection with a crossbanded column. This could be
different for the normal LVL column, but could not be tested.
In conclusion the experimental testing has shown the problem with the compression
perpendicular to the grain in post-tensioned timber-to-timber connections. Permanent
rotations occur, indicating plastic deformation of the timber. This problem can be
solved effectively by screws and a steel corbel or by having part of the timber in
compression parallel to the grain. The stiffness values can be used in a non-linear
framework program to calculate the moment distribution in post-tensioned timber
frames under gravity loading [60].
54 Connection experimental testing
55
4.1 Introduction
Post-tensioned shear walls can be introduced in the gravity frame to carry all the
horizontal loads deriving from earthquake.
In the following chapter a simplified design method is proposed on the basis of
previous studies performed for concrete and then extended to timber members.
The moment-rotation analysis proposed in [34, 38] and extended to timber [27, 28] is
herein used in the development of simplified tools for both single walls with
internal/external dissipaters and coupled walls.
Some examples of post-tensioned walls tested at University of Canterbury are shown
below. For each configuration the dissipation device is highlighted.
PT Strands
(b)
External
dissipaters
(a)
Figure 4.1: single wall - (a) overview; (b) external dissipater detail (courtesy of T.Smith)
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The same configurations shown in Figure 4.1 is commonly used gluing the dissipaters
inside the wall. In Figure 4.2 an example of internal dissipater is shown.
PT Strands
UFP devices
(a) (b)
Figure 4.3: coupled walls (a) overview [19]; (b) UFP detail (courtesy of A.Iqbal)
4.2.1 Timber
A bilinear stress-strain relationship for timber is chosen.
Property Unit Characteristic value
Modulus of Elasticity (MoE) GPa 11.0
Bending fb MPa 48.0
Tension parallel to grain ft MPa 30.0
Compression perpendicular to grain fp MPa 12.0
Compression parallel to grain fc MPa 45.0
Shear in beam fs MPa 6.0
Table 4.1: LVL11 characteristic properties
( 4.1 )
50
45
40
35
Stress [MPa]
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
0 0.005 0.01 0.015 0.02 0.025
Strain [-]
Post-tensioning steel
For post-tensioning steel Macalloy bars are used, the characteristics properties are
below reported.
Property Unit Characteristic value
Modulus of Elasticity (MoE) GPa 205
Ultimate tensile strength fpu MPa 1,030
Yield strength fpy MPa 30
Compression perpendicular to grain fp MPa 12
Mild steel
For the dissipaters two types of devices were used, GRADE 300 bars and GRADE 430
UFP devices.
Property Unit Characteristic value
Modulus of Elasticity (MoE) GPa 181
Yield strength fsy MPa 300
Ultimate strain su - 0.06
Table 4.2: GRADE 300 bar properties
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350
300
250
Stress [MPa]
200
150
100
50
0
0 0.02 0.04 0.06
Strain [-]
( 4.2 )
Post-tensioning steel
( 4.3 )
( 4.4 )
( 4.5 )
Where dpi is the distance of the unbonded post-tensioned tendon to the top of the
section.
Stresses can be obtained as
( 4.6 )
Mild steel
For mild steel the displacement at the level of the bar due to the gap opening is given
by the following equation:
( 4.7 )
Where ms is the number of mild steel levels, dsi is the distance of the partially
unbonded mild steel bar to the top of the section.
The strain can be evaluated depending on the type of dissipation [34]:
a) Internal epoxied bars
( 4.8 )
Where Lubsi is the unbonded length of the bar, 2lsp is the strain penetration
length (see 0).
b) Fuse and bonded bars
( 4.9 )
Where Afuse and Abond are the areas of the fused portion and bonded part
respectively.
c) External dissipation
( 4.10 )
Timber
In the case of timber the concept of an equivalent monolithic member must be
considered. For the equivalent monolithic concrete section the tension capacity of the
concrete is assumed to be negligible. For timber, if the connection is strictly monolithic
then there will be a significant contribution due to the tensile strain of the timber at the
critical section. However, this is highly inconsistent from the hybrid member that has no
tensile contribution from the timber.
Therefore, the equivalent monolithic timber member will be assumed to have no
tensile capacity. Thus the only variation in the MBA for timber, from precast concrete
(or steel), is required in the plastic domain of displacements, where an equivalent
plastic hinge is specified.
Furthermore, it is evident that due to the low stiffness of the timber connections a
large proportion of the displacement is within the elastic range. This indicates that the
modified version of the MBA would be most appropriate [34] which accounts for the
decompression curvature of the equivalent strain compatible member [27]
( 4.12 )
Where Lcant is the contraflexure length and dec the decompression curvature.
The stress in compressed timber is given as follows:
( 4.13 )
( 4.14 )
( 4.15 )
Where Ms, MP and MN are respectively the moment contribution provided by mild
steel, the post-tensioned tendons and the axial load, while Mtot is the total moment
capacity. , , are the distances from the centroid of total compressive force of
mild steel, post-tensioned steel and axial load.
Kelly et al. [20] provided the design equations for UFP devices. The yield force of the
UFP device is:
( 4.16 )
Where M0 is the yield load moment and D the diameter of the strip. For rectangular
cross sections:
( 4.17 )
Where b is the width, t the thickness of the plate and fy is the yield stress in tension.
The strain developed is only due to the thickness and the diameter of the device as
follows:
( 4.18 )
( 4.19 )
( 4.22 )
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Where N is the axial force acting on each wall and , the number of
UFP devices.
Once the sectional equilibrium is reached for each wall the moment capacity can be
evaluated for post-tensioning and axial contributions as in equations ( 4.23 ) and
( 4.24 ).
( 4.23 )
( 4.24 )
Where Mwall,i is the axial and post-tensioning contribution, Tpi is the total post-
tensioning force of each wall, ci is the neutral axis dept of the i-th wall.
The energy dissipating moment is then:
( 4.25 )
4.5 Moment-linearization
8000
7000
6000
Total Moment [kNm]
5000
4000
3000
2000
1000
0
0 0.002 0.004 0.006 0.008 0.01
Rotation [-]
Figure 4.13: moment-rotation linearization
4.6 Flag-shape
The seismic response of rocking members is usually characterized by recentering
ratio , defined as:
( 4.26 )
3000
=3.0
2000
=1.0
1000
=0.5
Total Moment [kNm]
0
-0.010 -0.005 0.000 0.005 0.010
-1000
-2000
-3000
Rotation [-]
Figure 4.14: moment-rotation chart varying
As the analyses performed in [34] highlighted, lowering the recentering ratio will
bring to a higher dissipation. So it is important to choose the right value for this
parameter during the design process in order to achieve the right dissipation of the
member.
Usually even for timber member the NZS 3101:2006 [55] is taken as reference.
( 4.27 )
ZS,c ZS,t
CS N TPT TS
c
1000
Figure 4.15: wall balance forces
For the wall shown in Figure 4.15 the recentering ratio is given by:
( 4.28 )
Where , are respectively the centroids of tensioned and compressed mild steel
bars.
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Considering a constant strain along the bar and integrating the strain penetration, a
normalized strain penetration length is calculated. As shown in Figure 4.16 the average
asymptotic value is approximately 0.032.
( 4.29 )
( 4.30 )
Now the same approximate concept can be extended to energy dissipation with an
unbonded length. If the strain distribution is assumed that is uniform along the
unbonded length and the bonded region then the following expressions can be derived:
( 4.31 )
( 4.32 )
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The strain penetration lengths computed above are only applicable for beam-column
connections in which there are parallel to grain versus perpendicular to grain timber at
the interface. A simple approximation can be made for the component of strain
penetration for both the timber aligned parallel and perpendicular to grain. It was
indicated in previous tests that the strain within the beam, which is aligned parallel to
grain, is roughly 60% of that in the column, which is aligned perpendicular to grain.
Therefore, the strain penetration length for parallel and perpendicular to grain can be
calculated respectively:
For energy dissipation epoxied parallel to the grain:
( 4.33 )
( 4.34 )
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Assuming a linear trend (see Figure 4.19) of strain along the glued portion of the bar
the strain penetration length can be simply evaluated from strain gauge 2 and 3.
2000
1800
400 MPa
1600
300 MPa
350 Mpa
1400
100 MPa
1200
mStrain [-]
1000
800
600
400
200
0
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180
Length [mm]
The normalised strain penetration length is plotted versus the strain in the unbonded
length (measured by strain gauge 1).
0.020
Spec.1
Spec.2
0.015 Spec.3
lsp/fydb
0.010
0.006
0.005
0.000
2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 14000 16000
Strain along the unbonded length [microstrain]
Figure 4.20: normalized strain penetration vs. microstrain, parallel to the grain
0.02
Spec.1
Spec.2
0.015 Spec.3
lsp/fydb
0.01
0.006
0.005
0
2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 14000 16000
Strain along the unbonded length [microstrain]
Figure 4.21: normalized strain penetration vs. microstrain, perpendicular to the grain
From Figure 4.20 and Figure 4.21 the strain penetration length can be assumed as the
asymptotic value reached.
While for deformed bars this value is changing significantly for either the parallel or
perpendicular to the grain direction, in the case of threaded rods the value is the same.
( 4.35 )
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dreinf h
Mild steel reinforcement PT Reinforcement Mild steel reinforcement
(a)
b
h
PT Reinforcement PT Reinforcement
b
(b)
h h
PT Reinforcement PT Reinforcement
Figure 4.22: wall sections (a) single wall, (b) coupled wall
b
( 4.36 )
was varied between 0.0 and 0.2. This low variability was chosen as, generally, these
walls do not carry much load to avoid crushing of timber.
Mechanical reinforcement ratios are varied between 0.0 and 0.2.
( 4.37 )
Where fs and fP are the characteristic yielding strengths of mild steel and post-
tensioning steel respectively, As and AP the mild and post-tensioning steel areas, ft the
characteristic compressive strength of timber and At the area of wood.
For mild steel reinforcement the edge distance of layers is taken into account as
parameter. This is significantly influencing the moment capacity of the section, as
shown in Figure 4.23.
0.12
Dimensionless mild steel moment
0.1
0.08 ws
0.05
(ms)
0.06
0.10
0.04 0.15
0.20
0.02
0
0 0.1 0.2 0.3
Edge distance (ds)
Figure 4.23: mild steel reinforcement edge distance influence
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A significant parameter for mild steel bars is the length of dissipater, for external bars,
and unbonded length for internal dissipaters. These are governing the strain in the bar,
then the moment-rotation behaviour of the section. Calculation can show that this
parameter is less and less influencing the moment capacity as the section height is
getting higher. These lengths will be thus influencing the maximum rotation achievable
by the connection.
Therefore for the development of the charts these lengths are not taken into account
anymore. They will be considered in a second step during the design process to ensure
the imposed design rotation of the connection is achievable.
The aspect ratio of the wall is not considered as parameter in the analyses. The
moment capacity of the wall, beyond certain values (higher than three times the depth
of the section) is not varying significantly (see Figure 4.24).
0.12
Non-Dimensional Moment (m)
0.10
0.08
H
0.06
0.04
Aspect Ratio = 2, 3, 4, 5
0.02
0.00
lw 0.00 0.05 0.10 0.15 0.20
Non-dimensional Axial force (n)
Aspect ratio = lw/H
Figure 4.24: influence of wall aspect ratio
( 4.38 )
Where , and are respectively the mild steel, post-tensioning and axial
contribution to the total moment.
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wP
0.12 0.20
0.15
0.10 0.10
0.05
(mAX+PT,serv)
0.08
0.06
0.04
0.02
0.00
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2
Dimensionless axial force (n)
Figure 4.25: post-tensioning and axial moment serviceability design chart
wP
n 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2
mAX+PT,serv
0.00 0.011 0.020 0.029 0.037
0.01 0.015 0.024 0.033 0.041
0.02 0.019 0.028 0.037 0.045
0.03 0.023 0.032 0.041 0.049
0.04 0.028 0.036 0.045 0.053
0.05 0.032 0.041 0.049 0.057
0.06 0.036 0.045 0.053 0.061
0.07 0.040 0.049 0.057 0.065
0.08 0.044 0.053 0.061 0.069
0.09 0.048 0.057 0.065 0.073
0.10 0.053 0.061 0.069 0.077
0.11 0.057 0.065 0.073 0.081
0.12 0.061 0.069 0.077 0.085
0.13 0.065 0.073 0.081 0.089
0.14 0.069 0.077 0.086 0.093
0.15 0.073 0.082 0.090 0.097
0.16 0.078 0.086 0.094 0.101
0.17 0.082 0.090 0.098 0.105
0.18 0.086 0.094 0.102 0.110
0.19 0.090 0.098 0.106 0.114
0.20 0.094 0.102 0.110 0.118
Table 4.3: post-tensioning and axial moment serviceability table
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0.08 ds
0.04
0.03 h/3
0.02
0.01
0
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2
Mechanical mild steel reinforcemnt ratio (ws)
Figure 4.26: mild steel moment serviceability design chart
ds
ws h/3 h/4 h/5 h/8
ms+PT,serv
0.00 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
0.01 0.002 0.002 0.003 0.004
0.02 0.003 0.005 0.006 0.008
0.03 0.005 0.007 0.009 0.011
0.04 0.007 0.010 0.012 0.015
0.05 0.008 0.012 0.015 0.019
0.06 0.010 0.015 0.018 0.023
0.07 0.012 0.017 0.021 0.026
0.08 0.013 0.020 0.024 0.030
0.09 0.015 0.022 0.027 0.034
0.10 0.016 0.025 0.030 0.038
0.11 0.018 0.027 0.033 0.041
0.12 0.020 0.030 0.036 0.045
0.13 0.021 0.032 0.039 0.049
0.14 0.023 0.035 0.042 0.053
0.15 0.025 0.037 0.045 0.057
0.16 0.026 0.040 0.048 0.060
0.17 0.028 0.042 0.051 0.064
0.18 0.030 0.045 0.054 0.068
0.19 0.031 0.047 0.057 0.072
0.20 0.033 0.050 0.060 0.075
Table 4.4: steel moment serviceability design table
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0.14
wP
0.06
0.04
0.02
0.00
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2
Dimennsionless axial force (n)
Figure 4.27: post-tensioning and axial moment ultimate design chart
wP
n 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2
max+PT,ult
0.00 0.013 0.024 0.035 0.046
0.01 0.017 0.029 0.039 0.050
0.02 0.022 0.033 0.044 0.054
0.03 0.026 0.037 0.048 0.058
0.04 0.031 0.042 0.052 0.063
0.05 0.035 0.046 0.057 0.067
0.06 0.040 0.050 0.061 0.071
0.07 0.044 0.055 0.065 0.075
0.08 0.048 0.059 0.070 0.079
0.09 0.053 0.064 0.074 0.083
0.1 0.057 0.068 0.078 0.087
0.11 0.062 0.072 0.082 0.091
0.12 0.066 0.077 0.086 0.095
0.13 0.070 0.081 0.090 0.098
0.14 0.075 0.085 0.094 0.101
0.15 0.079 0.089 0.098 0.105
0.16 0.083 0.093 0.101 0.108
0.17 0.088 0.097 0.105 0.111
0.18 0.092 0.101 0.108 0.114
0.19 0.096 0.105 0.112 0.118
0.2 0.100 0.108 0.115 0.121
Table 4.5: post-tensioning and axial moment ultimate design table
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0.09 ds
0.07
0.06 h/5
0.05
(ms,ult)
h/4
0.04
0.03 h/3
0.02
0.01
0
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2
Mechanical mild steel reinforcement ratio (ws)
Figure 4.28: mild steel moment ultimate design chart
ds
ws h/3 h/4 h/5 h/8
ms+PT,ult
0.00 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
0.01 0.002 0.002 0.003 0.004
0.02 0.003 0.005 0.006 0.008
0.03 0.005 0.007 0.009 0.012
0.04 0.007 0.010 0.012 0.016
0.05 0.008 0.012 0.015 0.021
0.06 0.010 0.015 0.018 0.025
0.07 0.012 0.017 0.021 0.029
0.08 0.013 0.020 0.024 0.033
0.09 0.015 0.022 0.027 0.037
0.1 0.016 0.025 0.030 0.041
0.11 0.018 0.027 0.033 0.045
0.12 0.020 0.030 0.036 0.049
0.13 0.021 0.032 0.039 0.054
0.14 0.023 0.035 0.042 0.058
0.15 0.025 0.037 0.045 0.062
0.16 0.026 0.040 0.048 0.066
0.17 0.028 0.042 0.051 0.070
0.18 0.030 0.045 0.055 0.074
0.19 0.031 0.047 0.058 0.078
0.2 0.033 0.050 0.061 0.082
Table 4.6: mild steel moment ultimate design table
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0.10
0.05
0.00
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2
Dimensionless axial force (n)
Figure 4.29: post-tensioning and axial moment design chart
wP
n 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2
mAX+PT
0 0.020 0.041 0.058 0.074
0.01 0.028 0.048 0.066 0.081
0.02 0.036 0.056 0.073 0.088
0.03 0.044 0.064 0.081 0.096
0.04 0.052 0.072 0.088 0.103
0.05 0.060 0.079 0.096 0.110
0.06 0.068 0.087 0.103 0.118
0.07 0.077 0.095 0.111 0.125
0.08 0.085 0.102 0.118 0.133
0.09 0.093 0.110 0.126 0.140
0.1 0.101 0.118 0.133 0.147
0.11 0.109 0.126 0.141 0.155
0.12 0.117 0.133 0.148 0.162
0.13 0.125 0.141 0.156 0.170
0.14 0.133 0.149 0.163 0.177
0.15 0.141 0.157 0.171 0.184
0.16 0.149 0.164 0.178 0.192
0.17 0.157 0.172 0.186 0.199
0.18 0.165 0.180 0.194 0.207
0.19 0.173 0.187 0.201 0.214
0.2 0.181 0.195 0.209 0.221
Table 4.7: post-tensioning and axial moment design table
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0.1
ms
0.09 0.000 0.000
Dimension less mild steel moment (ms)
0.005 0.005
0.08 0.010 0.010
0.015 0.015
0.07 0.020 0.020
0.025 0.025
0.06 0.030 0.030
0.035 0.034
0.05 0.040 0.039
0.04 0.045 0.044
0.050 0.049
0.03 0.055 0.054
0.060 0.058
0.02 0.065 0.063
0.070 0.067
0.01 0.075 0.072
0.080 0.077
0 0.085 0.081
0 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.08 0.1 0.090 0.086
0.095 0.090
Dimensionless UFP shear force ()
0.100 0.095
wP
0.12 0.20
0.15
0.10 0.10
0.05
(mAX+PT,serv)
0.08
0.06
0.04
0.02
0.02
0.00
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2
Dimensionless axial force (n)
Now considering Macalloy post-tensioning bars ( ):
0.08 ds
0.06 h/5
0.05 h/4
(ms,serv)
0.04
0.03 h/3
0.02
0.013
0.01
0.063
0
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2
Mechanichal mild reinforcement ratio (ws)
450
450
450
450
(a) (b)
Figure 4.31: dissipaters configuration
( 4.39 )
( 4.40 )
For the neutral axis evaluated in Equation ( 4.40 ) and the design imposed rotation,
dissipater can be dimensioned depending on its type:
Internal bars
( 4.41 )
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Considering then the different strain penetration lengths the following unbonded
lengths have to be provided to avoid failure of dissipater at 1% imposed
connection rotation:
o Deformed: ;
o Threaded:
External bars
( 4.42 )
For external bars no strain penetration contribution shall be considered then the
length of dissipater shall be 500 mm.
The same design loads are assumed to design a coupled wall solution. A mechanical
ratio of is worked out, consisting in:
0.25
wP
Dimensionless axial+PT moment
0.20
0.20 0.15
0.10
0.05
(mAX+PT,serv)
0.15
0.10
0.058
0.05
0.00
0.017
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2
Dimensionless axial force (n)
For 40 mm diameter bars:
0.1
0.04 0.038
0.03
0.02
0.01
0.039
0
0 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.08 0.1
Dimensionless UFP shear force ()
Now knowing the force and fixing the dimensions of the devices (see equation
( 4.19 )):
5 Case study
5.1 Introduction
The Quest Hotel in Napier was selected as a suitable case study building due to the its
regularity. The building has been designed and constructed using a combination of
steel and concrete structural systems. For the purpose of the present document the
structure will be re-designed using post-tensioned timber frame [1].
The following schemes will be considered for beams within gravity frame:
Simply supported beam (no post-tension or draped/straight profile);
Continuous beam (either 2 or 3 spans, no post-tension or draped profile);
While for carrying the horizontal loads two main types of walls will be considered:
single wall with internal or external dissipaters;
coupled walls with UFP devices.
Single wall
Internal dissipaters
PT bars
Coupled walls
Weights
Concrete
Plywood
Joists
Services
Total
Considering this dead load and the office use, as prescribed by NZS 3603 [54]:
Dead load: ;
Live load:
Which leads to
( 5.2 )
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Where is the short-term factor given in Table 5.1. Equation ( 5.2 ) brings to
.
( 5.3 )
Beam loads
As shown in the plan view of Figure 5.1the longest floor span in the building is 6.1 m,
thus the beam loads are the following:
;
;
.
23300 23300
17 44 38 34 30 25 22 18 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
19 42 37 32 29 25 21 16 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 18 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 16 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 0.8;0.0 0.9;0.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 0.8;0.0 0.9;0.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Table 5.2: load span tables - simply supported, straight tendon, 300526 mm (t f=tw=63 mm)
A mm2 88,200
As mm2 50,400
tf I mm4 2.71109
Z mm3 1.03107
b
Table 5.4: simply supported beam section properties
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Post-tensioning design
With the suggested design assumption in Table 5.3 the post-tensioning design load is:
Therefore the number of strands needed for the section, considering only 70% of
yielding force is reached, is:
Shear
Stress check
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.
, .
, .
.
, .
, .
Post-tensioning design
Shear
Stress check
.
, .
, .
.
, .
, .
A mm2 83,160
As mm2 45,360
tf I mm4 2.19109
Z mm3 9.03106
b
Post-tensioning design
Shear
Stress check
.
, . .
, .
.
, . .
, .
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Post-tensioning design
-800 -600
Shear
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Stress check
.
, . .
, .
.
, . .
, .
5.2.9 Comparison
In the following table the computation of material needed for each configuration is
reported.
Lbeam Beam vol. Columns vol. Timber volume Lstrands
Frame (a)
[m] [m3] [m3] [m3] [m]
(a) 213 24.42 25.2 49.62 0.0% 0
(b) 213 18.79 25.2 43.99 11.4% 449
(c) 234 22.41 21.6 44.01 11.3% 0
(d) 234 19.45 21.6 41.05 17.3% 495
Table 5.5: materials needed for each configuration
The material saving in terms of volume is not much significant, but more beneficial is
the reduction in section depth (see Table 5.3). This has a significant influence on the
architectural aspect of the design. In fact this allows to have long-span beams without
having huge sections.
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Design displacement
First step of the design process is to calculate the design displacement, the effective
mass, and the effective height.
( 5.4 )
Where:
( 5.5 )
Taking into account a linear displacement profile through the height of the wall:
( 5.6 )
( 5.7 )
( 5.8 )
From values evaluated in Table 5.6 the following parameters can be found:
( 5.9 )
Designing the wall so that it fully re-centers after the seismic event, the recentering
ratio, as defined for precast concrete in Appendix B of NZS 3101 [55], shall be:
( 5.10 )
( 5.11 )
Where:
( 5.12 )
( 5.13 )
For timber walls, unlike reinforced concrete, it is not reasonable to assume that the
yield displacement is independent of strength (as assumed by Priestley et al. [44]).
Bernoulli hypothesis is not appropriate at the base of the walls. In addition, the
majority of elastic deformation is from the deformation of the structural elements
which is directly dependent on strength. This implies that the displacement-based
design procedure for timber walls must be iterative, to ensure the correct yield
displacement and ductility has been assumed. However, the following expression can
be used as an initial guess [26]:
( 5.14 )
This viscous damping should be corrected by the correction factor given in Priestley et
al. [44] and modified by Newcombe et al. [32] on the base of research performed by
Grant et al. [16].
( 5.15 )
Where:
( 5.16 )
Therefore:
Where is the power coefficient, which it is reasonable to assume the factor of 0.43
for thin flag shape hysteresis [44].
Effective period
Knowing the equivalent viscous damping the last step before determining the secant
stiffness of the SDOF structure is to derive the effective period from the reduced design
displacement spectrum.
The scale factor:
( 5.18 )
0.4
0.35
0.3
0.25
Sd [m]
0.2
0.15
0.1
0.05
0
0 1 1.18 2 3 4
Period [s]
( 5.19 )
These last parameters will be used for the design of post-tensioned with design tool
proposed in Chapter 6. After having chosen the wall geometry the yield displacement
will have to be checked and, in case, the DDBD procedure shall be iterated.
Case study 99
( 5.22 )
( 5.23 )
With reference to the plan view of Figure 5.2 the wall brings:
( 5.25 )
0.14
Dimensionless axial + PT moment
wP
0.12 0.20
0.15
0.10 0.10
0.05
(mAX+PT,serv)
0.08
0.06
0.04
0.038
0.02
0.02
0.00
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2
Dimensionless axial force (n)
A post-tensioning reinforcement ratio is needed.
100 Case study
For mild steel reinforcement the edge distance is set to h/8, then:
Dimensionless mild steel moment
0.08 ds
h/8
0.07
0.06 h/5
0.05
h/4
(ms,serv)
0.04
0.03 h/3
0.026
0.02
0.01
0.063
0
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2
Mechanichal mild reinforcement ratio (ws)
Dissipater design
While the moment capacity of the wall is defined with the mild steel and post-
tensioning reinforcements, the design connection rotation shall be controlled. This is
done evaluating the length of dissipaters, similarly to design example of Chapter 4.
Yield displacement
8000
7000
Connection Moment [kNm]
6000
5000
PT+Axial
4000
Mild Steel
3000 Total
2000
1000
0
0 0.002 0.004 0.006 0.008 0.01 0.012
Rotation [-]
Figure 5.12: moment-rotation analysis of designed single wall
( 5.26 )
The elastic displacement is corresponding to the deformation of the wall before the
opening of the gap:
( 5.27 )
, . .
The design is then conservative.
102 Case study
0.25
wP
Dimensionless axial + PT moment
0.20
0.20 0.15
0.10
0.05
(mAX+PT,serv)
0.15
0.10
0.086
0.05
0.00
0.014
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2
Dimensionless axial force (n)
A mechanical reinforcement ratio is needed.
0.1
Dimensionless mild steel moment
0.09
0.08
0.07
0.06 0.058
(ms)
0.05
0.04
0.03
0.02
0.01
0.059
0
0 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.08 0.1
Dimensionless UFP shear force ()
The mild steel moment capacity is achieved for a dimensionless shear force
.
Case study 103
According to Kelly et al. [20] the maximum strain only depends on the thickness of the
bent plate and its radius:
( 5.28 )
Yield displacement
As done for the single wall, even for this solution the yield displacement assumed for
DDBD design shall be checked.
Similarly to coupled precast concrete walls, the elastic rotation can be calculated as in
[24]. The rotation is computed from a linear curvature distribution:
( 5.29 )
The curvature demand acting on the wall is approximated from the average over
turning moment acting on each post-tensioned wall as follows:
( 5.30 )
( 5.31 )
, .
According to [20] the yielding of UFP devices occurs for very small displacements. It is
then suitable considering this elastic rotation as the yielding rotation, obtaining then
the yielding displacement.
.
Assuming a linear distribution the yield displacement of the SDOF structure is given
by:
, . .
104 Case study
The design is then conservative for design coupled wall too. Thus iterating DDBD
design is not necessary.
PT Strands
PT Anchorage
With this solution the beam can be easily put in place on the column with the corbel,
which provides share strength.
Column
Instead if dissipater is internal, it is usually glued inside the section of the wall with
epoxy and grouted in the basement.
epoxied connection
epoxied length
mild steel
reinforcement
(a) (b)
PT reinforcement
Figure 5.15: single wall with internal (a) and external (b)dissipaters detail
UFP Devices
R
PT reinforcement
Figure 5.16: coupled walls with UFP devices detail [48]
106 Case study
Realizing finally a frame-wall solution, both gravity dominated and seismic members
can be coupled with a hinged system, similarly to solution adopted in NMIT building as
highlighted in Figure 5.17.
6 Conclusions
6.1 Summary
The study carried out in this document was focused on the analysis of post-tensioned
timber frames. The first main part of the thesis concentrated on the behaviour of beams
within gravity dominated frames. The analyses conducted had the objective of
standardization and optimization of the section, with the purpose of developing
simplified design tools for post-tensioned beams. These tools proved very useful, as
shown in the case study, for a first evaluation of the dimensions of the section, as the
design process could be iterative.
A different beam configuration was then proposed and experimentally investigated.
For this configuration the main issues were highlighted and different solutions were
proposed.
A wall-frame solution was proposed in order to maintain the improvements of post-
tension in gravity frames and to provide a seismic resistant component as well.
Post-tensioning rocking shear walls were used and for these members simplified
design tools were developed as well.
The final part, consisting of the case study building, was used to highlight the different
advantages deriving by post-tensioned gravity dominated frames and to show the
utilization of the aforementioned design tools for both beams and walls.
108 Conclusions
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8.1 Introduction
In the following appendix all calculation performed for beam equations are reported.
For each beam configuration shear, moment, curvature and deflection equation are
shown and on the basis of design philosophy explained in Chapter 2 and the
aforementioned equations the post-tensioning design force is worked out.
Distributed load
Taking into account the beam and the load distribution shown in Figure 8.1:
pd,pt
Shear
( 8.1 )
114 Appendix A: beam calculations
Moment
( 8.2 )
Curvature
( 8.3 )
Deflection
( 8.4 )
( 8.5 )
Straight tendon
e
FP FP
l
x
Shear
( 8.6 )
Moment
( 8.7 )
Curvature
( 8.8 )
Deflection
( ) ( ) ( 8.9 )
Appendix A: beam calculations 115
( 8.10 )
Equalizing the total deflection due to distributed loads and tendons to zero:
( 8.11 )
Draped tendon
FP,V FP,V
FP FP
FP,H e FP,H
FP,V FP,V
Figure 8.3: simply supported beam draped tendon
l/2
x
Shear
( 8.12 )
Moment
( 8.13 )
Curvature
( 8.14 )
116 Appendix A: beam calculations
Deflection
( 8.15 )
( 8.16 )
( 8.17 )
( 8.18 )
( 8.19 )
Distributed load
pd,pt
Referring to Figure 8.4, the symmetry of the beam will be taken into account and all
calculations for this type of beam will be performed using the below configuration:
l
x
Shear
( 8.20 )
Appendix A: beam calculations 117
Moment
( 8.21 )
Curvature
( 8.22 )
Deflection
( 8.23 )
( 8.24 )
( 8.25 )
Then the maximum deflection of the continuous beam, subjected to the distributed
load, is:
( 8.26 )
Draped tendon
FP FP,V FP,V FP
FP,H FP,H
a FP,V 2FP,V 2FP,V FP,V
Figure 8.5: continuous beam, 2 spans, draped tendon
For this case the optimization of tendon profile can be achieved. The distance a from
support is considered as key parameter. The optimization is assumed reached as far as
the moment area due to pd,pt is equal to the one due to post-tensioning force.
The optimal value is:
( 8.27 )
Thus the beam equation considering this value are reported below.
118 Appendix A: beam calculations
Shear
( 8.28 )
Moment
( 8.29 )
Curvature
( 8.30 )
Deflection
( 8.31 )
( 8.32 )
( 8.33 )
Appendix A: beam calculations 119
Distributed load
pd,pt
Shear
( 8.34 )
Moment
( 8.35 )
Curvature
( 8.36 )
Deflection
( 8.37 )
( 8.38 )
At the x coordinate:
120 Appendix A: beam calculations
( 8.39 )
Draped tendon
e1 e2
FP FP,V FP,V FP
FP,H FP,H
FP,V 2FP,V 1.5FP,V 1.5F 2FP,V FP,V
a b P,V
With this assumption the same method as paragraph 8.1.2 has been adopted to find
the optimal distances of the sloped portion of the cable.
( 8.41 )
l l/2
x1 x2
Shear
( 8.42 )
Appendix A: beam calculations 121
Moment
( 8.43 )
Curvature
( 8.44 )
Deflection
( 8.45 )
( 8.46 )
( 8.47 )
9.1 Introduction
In the present appendix all the load-span tables developed for case k2=2.0 are
reported. Below the section scheme and beam configurations are reported.
tw b h
300 426
300 486
300 526
300 586
300 736
h
400 426
400 486
tf 400 526
400 586
b 400 736
= 2 strands, = 4 strands, = 7 strands
The configurations considered are the following:
9.2 Tables
9.2.1 Simply supported beam
9.2.1.1 No tendons
300426
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 37 24 15 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
7 32 19 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
9 27 14 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
11 22 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
13 17 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
15 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
17 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
19 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
21 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
23 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
27 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
29 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
300486
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 47 40 28 19 12 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
7 46 35 23 14 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
9 44 30 18 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
11 43 25 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
13 38 20 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
15 33 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
17 28 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
19 23 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
21 18 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
23 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
27 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
29 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Appendix B: Load span tables 125
300526
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 >50 48 37 26 18 12 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
7 >50 46 32 21 13 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
9 50 43 27 16 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
11 48 38 22 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
13 47 33 17 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
15 45 28 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
17 44 23 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
19 40 18 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
21 35 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
23 30 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 25 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
27 20 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
29 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
300586
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 >50 >50 >50 40 29 21 15 10 6 - - - - - - - - - - - -
7 >50 >50 49 35 24 16 10 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
9 >50 >50 44 30 19 11 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
11 >50 >50 39 25 14 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
13 >50 49 34 20 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
15 >50 48 29 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
17 >50 45 24 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
19 >50 40 19 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
21 49 35 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
23 47 30 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 46 25 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
27 44 20 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
29 43 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 40 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 35 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 30 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 25 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 20 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
300736
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 46 39 30 23 17 13 9 6 - - - - - - - -
7 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 45 34 25 18 12 8 - - - - - - - - - -
9 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 40 29 20 13 7 - - - - - - - - - - -
11 >50 >50 >50 >50 49 35 24 15 8 - - - - - - - - - - - -
13 >50 >50 >50 >50 45 30 19 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
15 >50 >50 >50 >50 40 25 14 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
17 >50 >50 >50 >50 35 20 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
19 >50 >50 >50 50 30 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
21 >50 >50 >50 45 25 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
23 >50 >50 >50 40 20 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 >50 >50 >50 35 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
27 >50 >50 >50 30 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
29 >50 >50 50 25 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 >50 >50 47 20 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 >50 >50 42 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 >50 >50 37 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 >50 50 32 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 >50 48 27 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 >50 47 22 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 >50 45 17 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 >50 43 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 50 42 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 48 40 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 47 35 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
126 Appendix B: Load span tables
400426
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 39 34 23 15 9 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
7 37 29 18 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
9 35 24 13 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
11 34 19 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
13 30 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
15 25 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
17 20 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
19 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
21 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
23 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
27 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
29 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
400486
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 47 43 38 27 19 13 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
7 46 41 33 22 14 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
9 44 39 28 17 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
11 43 38 23 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
13 41 34 18 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
15 39 29 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
17 38 24 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
19 36 19 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
21 35 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
23 31 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 26 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
27 21 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
29 16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
400526
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 >50 48 43 36 26 19 13 8 5 - - - - - - - - - - - -
7 >50 46 42 31 21 14 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
9 50 45 40 26 16 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
11 48 43 35 21 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
13 47 41 30 16 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
15 45 40 25 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
17 44 38 20 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
19 42 34 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
21 40 29 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
23 39 24 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 37 19 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
27 36 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
29 34 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 32 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 27 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 22 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 17 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Appendix B: Load span tables 127
400586
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 >50 >50 >50 46 39 29 21 15 11 7 - - - - - - - - - - -
7 >50 >50 49 45 34 24 16 10 6 - - - - - - - - - - - -
9 >50 >50 47 43 29 19 11 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
11 >50 >50 46 38 24 14 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
13 >50 49 44 33 19 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
15 >50 48 43 28 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
17 >50 46 41 23 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
19 >50 45 36 18 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
21 49 43 31 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
23 47 41 26 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 46 40 21 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
27 44 38 16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
29 43 36 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 41 31 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 39 26 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 38 21 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 36 16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 35 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 33 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 31 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 30 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 28 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 23 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 18 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
400736
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 50 39 31 24 18 14 10 7 - - - - - - -
7 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 45 34 26 19 13 9 5 - - - - - - - -
9 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 40 29 21 14 8 - - - - - - - - - -
11 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 49 35 24 16 9 - - - - - - - - - - -
13 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 44 30 19 11 - - - - - - - - - - - -
15 >50 >50 >50 >50 50 39 25 14 6 - - - - - - - - - - - -
17 >50 >50 >50 >50 49 34 20 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
19 >50 >50 >50 >50 47 29 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
21 >50 >50 >50 50 42 24 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
23 >50 >50 >50 49 37 19 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 >50 >50 >50 47 32 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
27 >50 >50 >50 45 27 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
29 >50 >50 50 44 22 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 >50 >50 48 41 17 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 >50 >50 46 36 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 >50 >50 45 31 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 >50 50 43 26 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 >50 48 42 21 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 >50 47 40 16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 >50 45 38 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 >50 43 37 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 50 42 34 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 48 40 29 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 47 39 24 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
128 Appendix B: Load span tables
300486
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 47 43 39 33 28 26 22 19 16 14 11 8 6 - - - - - - - -
7 46 41 37 31 28 24 20 17 15 11 7 - - - - - - - - - -
9 44 39 35 32 27 22 19 17 12 6 - - - - - - - - - - -
11 43 38 34 31 25 21 18 14 7 - - - - - - - - - - - -
13 41 36 31 29 24 21 17 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
15 39 35 31 27 24 20 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
17 38 33 29 26 23 18 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
19 36 31 27 24 21 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
21 35 30 26 23 20 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
23 33 28 24 21 17 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 31 27 22 19 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
27 30 25 20 18 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
29 28 23 19 16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 27 22 18 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 25 20 16 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 23 19 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 22 17 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 20 15 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 19 14 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 17 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 15 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 14 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 12 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 11 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
300526
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 >50 48 43 38 32 30 25 22 19 17 14 13 11 8 5 - - - - - -
7 >50 46 42 37 33 28 24 21 17 14 14 9 6 - - - - - - - -
9 50 45 40 35 32 27 22 19 17 15 9 - - - - - - - - - -
11 48 43 39 34 30 25 20 19 16 10 - - - - - - - - - - -
13 47 41 37 33 28 23 21 17 11 5 - - - - - - - - - - -
15 45 40 35 32 27 22 20 15 6 - - - - - - - - - - - -
17 44 38 34 30 25 22 18 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
19 42 37 32 29 25 21 16 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
21 40 35 31 27 24 20 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
23 39 33 29 25 22 18 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 37 32 27 24 21 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
27 36 30 26 22 19 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
29 34 29 24 21 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 32 27 22 19 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 31 25 20 17 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 29 24 19 16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 28 22 18 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 26 21 16 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 24 19 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 23 17 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 21 16 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 20 14 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 18 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 16 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
130 Appendix B: Load span tables
300586
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 >50 >50 >50 46 42 36 30 27 23 21 18 16 13 11 12 9 7 - - - -
7 >50 >50 49 45 40 34 29 25 22 19 16 14 13 11 7 - - - - - -
9 >50 >50 48 42 39 33 27 24 20 19 16 14 10 6 - - - - - - -
11 >50 >50 46 41 37 31 26 22 17 17 15 10 5 - - - - - - - -
13 >50 49 44 40 35 30 24 21 19 16 12 5 - - - - - - - - -
15 >50 48 43 38 34 28 23 21 18 14 7 - - - - - - - - - -
17 >50 46 41 37 32 27 24 20 17 9 - - - - - - - - - - -
19 >50 45 40 35 31 28 23 19 13 - - - - - - - - - - - -
21 49 43 38 34 29 26 21 15 8 - - - - - - - - - - - -
23 47 41 36 32 26 25 20 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 46 40 35 30 27 24 17 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
27 44 38 33 29 25 22 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
29 43 37 32 27 24 20 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 41 35 30 25 22 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 39 33 28 23 20 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 38 32 27 22 19 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 36 30 25 21 17 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 35 29 24 19 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 33 27 22 18 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 31 25 20 16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 30 24 19 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 28 22 17 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 27 21 16 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 25 19 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
300736
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 45 40 35 31 28 25 22 19 17 16 14 13 13 11 10
7 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 44 38 34 30 26 23 20 18 15 16 14 13 11 10 8
9 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 50 43 37 32 28 25 21 19 16 16 14 13 11 9 6 -
11 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 49 41 35 31 26 23 20 19 17 15 13 10 7 - - -
13 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 46 42 36 31 27 24 21 18 16 12 8 5 - - - -
15 >50 >50 >50 >50 50 45 41 35 30 26 22 19 16 13 9 - - - - - -
17 >50 >50 >50 >50 49 44 39 34 29 25 21 18 14 8 - - - - - - -
19 >50 >50 >50 >50 47 41 38 32 28 24 19 15 9 - - - - - - - -
21 >50 >50 >50 50 45 40 37 31 26 22 17 11 - - - - - - - - -
23 >50 >50 >50 49 44 38 36 30 25 20 14 6 - - - - - - - - -
25 >50 >50 >50 47 42 37 34 28 23 19 9 - - - - - - - - - -
27 >50 >50 >50 45 41 35 33 27 22 14 - - - - - - - - - - -
29 >50 >50 50 44 39 34 31 25 19 5 - - - - - - - - - - -
31 >50 >50 48 42 37 32 30 24 14 - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 >50 >50 46 41 36 31 28 22 6 - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 >50 >50 45 39 34 30 26 18 5 - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 >50 50 43 37 33 28 25 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 >50 48 42 36 31 27 23 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 >50 47 40 34 29 25 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 >50 45 38 33 28 24 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 >50 43 37 31 26 22 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 50 42 35 29 25 20 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 48 40 34 28 23 19 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 47 39 32 26 21 17 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
400426
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 39 35 31 29 26 24 21 17 17 15 11 8 5 - - - - - - - -
7 37 33 30 25 25 23 19 18 16 11 6 - - - - - - - - - -
9 35 31 28 25 23 19 19 17 11 6 - - - - - - - - - - -
11 34 30 27 24 21 19 18 13 6 - - - - - - - - - - - -
13 32 28 25 22 20 18 16 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
15 31 27 23 21 18 16 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
17 29 25 22 19 17 14 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
19 27 23 20 15 15 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
21 26 22 19 16 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
23 24 20 16 14 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 23 19 14 13 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
27 21 17 14 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
29 19 15 12 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 18 14 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 16 12 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 15 11 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 13 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 11 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 10 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
132 Appendix B: Load span tables
400486
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 47 43 39 35 32 30 28 24 21 19 17 15 13 10 7 5 - - - - -
7 46 41 37 34 29 28 26 22 20 18 15 13 9 5 - - - - - - -
9 44 39 35 32 29 27 25 22 19 16 13 8 - - - - - - - - -
11 43 38 34 30 28 25 23 21 18 14 8 - - - - - - - - - -
13 41 36 32 29 26 23 21 19 14 9 - - - - - - - - - - -
15 39 35 31 27 24 22 20 15 9 - - - - - - - - - - - -
17 38 33 29 26 23 20 18 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
19 36 31 27 24 19 19 15 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
21 35 30 26 22 20 17 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
23 33 28 24 21 18 14 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 31 27 23 18 16 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
27 30 25 21 18 15 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
29 28 23 19 16 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 27 22 18 14 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 25 20 16 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 23 19 15 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 22 17 13 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 20 15 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 19 14 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 17 12 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 15 11 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 14 9 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 12 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 11 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
400526
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 >50 48 43 40 37 33 31 27 24 21 18 15 13 14 12 10 7 5 - - -
7 >50 46 42 38 35 32 30 26 23 21 18 16 14 11 8 5 - - - - -
9 50 45 40 37 33 31 28 26 22 19 17 15 11 6 - - - - - - -
11 48 43 39 35 30 29 27 24 21 18 14 10 6 - - - - - - - -
13 47 41 37 33 30 27 25 23 19 14 9 5 - - - - - - - - -
15 45 40 35 32 29 25 23 21 15 9 5 - - - - - - - - - -
17 44 38 34 30 27 24 22 20 12 5 - - - - - - - - - - -
19 42 37 32 29 25 23 20 15 7 - - - - - - - - - - - -
21 40 35 31 27 24 21 19 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
23 39 33 29 25 20 19 14 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 37 32 27 24 21 18 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
27 36 30 26 22 19 16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
29 34 29 24 21 17 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 32 27 23 19 16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 31 25 21 17 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 29 24 19 16 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 28 22 18 14 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 26 21 16 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 24 19 15 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 23 17 13 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 21 16 11 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 20 14 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 18 13 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 16 11 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
400586
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 >50 >50 >50 46 43 40 37 33 29 25 22 20 18 15 15 14 12 11 9 7 -
7 >50 >50 49 45 41 38 35 31 27 24 22 20 17 15 14 12 10 7 - - -
9 >50 >50 47 43 39 36 34 30 26 24 21 18 16 13 10 8 5 - - - -
11 >50 >50 46 42 38 35 32 28 24 23 20 16 12 8 5 - - - - - -
13 >50 49 44 40 36 33 30 28 25 21 18 13 8 5 - - - - - - -
15 >50 48 43 38 35 32 28 26 23 20 14 8 - - - - - - - - -
17 >50 46 41 37 33 30 27 25 22 15 8 - - - - - - - - - -
19 >50 45 39 35 31 28 26 23 17 11 - - - - - - - - - - -
21 49 43 38 34 30 27 24 21 15 6 - - - - - - - - - - -
23 47 41 36 32 28 23 22 20 10 - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 46 40 35 30 27 24 21 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
27 44 38 33 29 25 22 19 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
29 43 37 31 27 23 20 17 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 41 35 30 26 22 19 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 39 33 28 24 20 17 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 38 32 27 22 19 16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 36 30 25 21 17 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 35 29 23 19 15 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 33 27 22 18 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 31 25 20 16 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 30 24 19 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 28 22 17 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 27 21 15 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 25 19 14 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
134 Appendix B: Load span tables
400736
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 50 46 40 35 33 30 27 24 22 20 19 17 16 14 13
7 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 49 44 38 34 32 28 25 22 20 20 18 16 14 12 10
9 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 47 43 37 35 30 26 24 23 20 18 16 14 12 9 7
11 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 49 45 41 37 33 29 27 24 21 19 17 13 9 6 - -
13 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 48 44 41 36 34 30 26 22 20 16 12 9 5 - - -
15 >50 >50 >50 >50 50 46 42 39 34 33 28 24 21 18 13 8 - - - - -
17 >50 >50 >50 >50 49 44 41 37 33 31 27 22 19 12 7 - - - - - -
19 >50 >50 >50 >50 47 43 39 36 31 29 25 21 14 8 - - - - - - -
21 >50 >50 >50 50 45 41 37 34 31 28 24 17 10 - - - - - - - -
23 >50 >50 >50 49 44 40 36 33 30 26 21 13 5 - - - - - - - -
25 >50 >50 >50 47 42 38 34 31 28 25 16 7 - - - - - - - - -
27 >50 >50 >50 45 41 36 33 29 27 20 9 - - - - - - - - - -
29 >50 >50 50 44 39 35 31 28 25 13 - - - - - - - - - - -
31 >50 >50 48 42 37 33 29 26 23 12 - - - - - - - - - - -
33 >50 >50 46 41 36 32 28 25 17 - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 >50 >50 45 39 34 30 26 23 15 - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 >50 50 43 37 33 28 25 21 7 - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 >50 48 42 36 31 27 23 20 5 - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 >50 47 40 34 29 25 21 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 >50 45 38 33 28 24 20 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 >50 43 37 31 26 22 18 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 50 42 35 29 25 20 16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 48 40 34 28 23 19 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 47 39 32 26 21 17 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
300486
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 >50 >50 42 36 30 26 22 19 16 14 13 12 10 9 7 5 - - - - -
7 >50 50 41 34 28 24 20 19 16 14 12 10 8 5 - - - - - - -
9 >50 49 39 32 27 22 20 17 15 13 9 6 - - - - - - - - -
11 >50 49 40 33 27 23 19 16 12 8 - - - - - - - - - - -
13 >50 48 39 32 26 22 18 15 9 - - - - - - - - - - - -
15 >50 47 38 31 25 20 16 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
17 >50 45 36 29 24 19 11 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
19 >50 44 35 28 22 15 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
21 47 43 34 26 20 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
23 47 42 33 25 18 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 46 41 31 23 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
27 43 39 29 20 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
29 50 37 28 18 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 49 36 26 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 48 35 25 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 45 33 20 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 44 31 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 43 30 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 40 28 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 39 27 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 38 18 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 36 16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 35 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 33 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
300526
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 >50 >50 49 41 35 30 25 22 19 17 14 14 12 11 10 9 8 5 - - -
7 >50 >50 47 40 33 28 24 21 19 17 14 13 11 9 7 5 - - - - -
9 >50 >50 46 40 33 28 24 21 18 15 13 9 6 - - - - - - - -
11 >50 >50 47 39 32 27 23 20 17 14 10 6 - - - - - - - - -
13 >50 >50 45 37 31 26 22 18 15 9 5 - - - - - - - - - -
15 >50 >50 44 36 30 25 20 16 10 5 - - - - - - - - - - -
17 >50 50 43 35 29 23 18 13 6 - - - - - - - - - - - -
19 >50 48 42 34 27 22 17 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
21 >50 47 41 33 26 20 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
23 >50 50 39 30 24 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 >50 48 38 29 23 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
27 >50 47 36 27 20 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
29 48 46 35 26 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 48 44 33 24 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 47 42 32 21 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 45 41 30 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 42 39 28 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 41 38 27 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 41 37 19 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 50 35 18 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 47 33 16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 46 32 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 45 29 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 43 27 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Appendix B: Load span tables 137
300586
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 >50 >50 >50 49 42 36 31 26 23 20 18 16 15 14 12 11 10 9 7 6 5
7 >50 >50 >50 48 41 34 29 25 22 21 18 16 14 13 11 8 6 - - - -
9 >50 >50 >50 48 41 35 30 26 22 19 17 14 13 11 7 - - - - - -
11 >50 >50 >50 47 40 34 29 25 21 18 15 13 8 5 - - - - - - -
13 >50 >50 >50 46 39 32 28 23 19 17 12 9 - - - - - - - - -
15 >50 >50 >50 45 37 31 26 22 18 14 8 - - - - - - - - - -
17 >50 >50 48 44 36 30 24 20 17 9 - - - - - - - - - - -
19 >50 >50 47 43 35 28 23 19 12 - - - - - - - - - - - -
21 >50 >50 46 41 33 27 21 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
23 >50 >50 50 40 32 25 20 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 >50 >50 49 38 30 23 15 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
27 >50 >50 47 37 29 22 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
29 >50 >50 45 35 27 19 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 >50 50 44 33 26 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 >50 48 42 32 24 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 >50 47 40 30 17 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 >50 45 39 28 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 >50 44 38 27 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 >50 48 36 23 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 49 47 35 22 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 48 46 33 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 47 44 30 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 >50 43 29 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 >50 41 28 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
300736
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 46 40 35 31 27 24 22 20 17 15 16 14 13 12 11
7 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 50 47 41 36 32 28 25 23 20 18 16 14 13 12 10 8
9 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 49 46 40 35 31 27 24 21 18 16 15 13 11 9 5 -
11 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 48 45 39 34 30 26 22 20 17 15 13 8 7 - - -
13 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 46 43 38 33 28 24 21 18 16 11 8 - - - - -
15 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 49 42 36 30 26 23 19 16 13 8 - - - - - -
17 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 48 41 34 29 24 21 18 12 6 - - - - - - -
19 >50 >50 >50 >50 50 47 39 33 27 23 19 14 7 - - - - - - - -
21 >50 >50 >50 >50 48 46 38 31 26 22 17 9 - - - - - - - - -
23 >50 >50 >50 >50 47 43 37 30 24 20 11 - - - - - - - - - -
25 >50 >50 >50 >50 46 42 34 28 23 15 5 - - - - - - - - - -
27 >50 >50 >50 >50 50 41 33 27 22 13 - - - - - - - - - - -
29 >50 >50 >50 >50 49 39 31 25 17 6 - - - - - - - - - - -
31 >50 >50 >50 >50 47 38 30 23 10 - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 >50 >50 >50 50 45 36 28 22 8 - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 >50 >50 >50 48 44 35 26 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 >50 >50 >50 47 41 32 25 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 >50 >50 >50 >50 40 32 19 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 >50 >50 >50 >50 39 29 17 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 >50 >50 >50 48 37 28 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 >50 >50 >50 47 36 25 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 >50 >50 >50 46 34 23 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 >50 >50 >50 44 33 22 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 >50 >50 >50 43 30 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
400426
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 >50 47 42 37 31 27 23 20 17 15 13 11 9 7 5 - - - - - -
7 >50 46 42 36 30 25 22 19 15 12 9 6 - - - - - - - - -
9 50 45 41 34 29 24 20 17 13 9 5 - - - - - - - - - -
11 49 44 40 33 27 22 19 13 7 - - - - - - - - - - - -
13 48 43 39 32 25 21 13 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
15 48 43 37 30 24 16 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
17 47 42 35 28 21 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
19 46 41 34 27 16 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
21 45 38 32 24 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
23 45 37 31 19 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 44 37 28 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
27 42 34 26 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
29 40 33 20 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 39 31 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 36 30 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 36 28 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 34 19 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 32 18 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 30 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 30 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 27 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 26 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 17 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Appendix B: Load span tables 139
400486
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 >50 >50 >50 46 39 34 29 25 22 19 17 15 13 11 9 7 5 - - - -
7 >50 >50 >50 45 38 32 28 24 21 18 15 13 10 8 5 - - - - - -
9 >50 >50 50 44 37 31 27 22 19 16 12 8 5 - - - - - - - -
11 >50 >50 49 42 35 30 25 21 16 11 8 - - - - - - - - - -
13 >50 >50 48 41 34 28 23 18 13 7 - - - - - - - - - - -
15 >50 >50 48 40 32 27 22 14 8 - - - - - - - - - - - -
17 >50 >50 47 38 31 25 16 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
19 >50 >50 43 36 29 21 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
21 >50 50 43 34 28 19 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
23 >50 49 42 33 25 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 >50 46 39 31 19 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
27 >50 45 38 30 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
29 >50 44 37 25 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 >50 41 35 24 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 49 41 34 16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 48 40 32 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 47 37 25 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 45 37 23 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 43 34 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 42 33 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 40 31 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 39 30 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 37 22 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 36 20 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
400526
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 >50 >50 >50 >50 45 38 33 29 25 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 5 - -
7 >50 >50 >50 >50 43 37 32 28 24 21 18 16 14 12 9 6 - - - - -
9 >50 >50 >50 50 42 36 31 27 22 19 17 13 9 6 - - - - - - -
11 >50 >50 >50 49 41 35 29 25 21 17 13 9 5 - - - - - - - -
13 >50 >50 >50 48 40 33 28 23 19 14 8 - - - - - - - - - -
15 >50 >50 >50 46 37 31 26 22 13 8 - - - - - - - - - - -
17 >50 >50 >50 44 36 29 25 16 10 - - - - - - - - - - - -
19 >50 >50 >50 43 35 28 21 12 5 - - - - - - - - - - - -
21 >50 >50 48 41 33 26 16 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
23 >50 >50 48 39 32 25 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 >50 >50 47 38 30 19 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
27 >50 >50 45 37 26 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
29 >50 >50 43 35 25 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 >50 50 42 34 18 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 >50 49 39 32 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 >50 46 39 25 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 >50 45 36 23 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 >50 44 36 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 >50 41 33 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 >50 41 32 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 48 38 32 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 47 37 21 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 47 34 19 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 44 34 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
400586
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 46 40 35 31 27 24 22 19 17 15 14 12 11 10 8 6
7 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 45 39 34 29 26 23 20 18 16 14 11 8 6 5 - -
9 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 43 37 32 28 24 21 19 15 12 10 6 - - - - -
11 >50 >50 >50 >50 50 42 36 30 26 23 19 17 12 8 5 - - - - - -
13 >50 >50 >50 >50 48 41 34 29 24 21 17 11 7 - - - - - - - -
15 >50 >50 >50 >50 47 39 33 27 23 17 13 5 - - - - - - - - -
17 >50 >50 >50 >50 45 38 31 26 20 12 6 - - - - - - - - - -
19 >50 >50 >50 >50 44 35 30 24 15 8 - - - - - - - - - - -
21 >50 >50 >50 >50 42 34 28 19 10 - - - - - - - - - - - -
23 >50 >50 >50 50 40 33 27 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 >50 >50 >50 48 39 31 23 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
27 >50 >50 >50 46 37 29 17 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
29 >50 >50 >50 45 36 28 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 >50 >50 >50 43 34 22 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 >50 >50 50 42 33 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 >50 >50 49 41 29 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 >50 >50 48 39 27 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 >50 >50 45 37 18 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 >50 >50 44 35 16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 >50 >50 42 34 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 >50 >50 41 26 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 >50 48 38 25 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 >50 47 37 23 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 >50 45 37 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Appendix B: Load span tables 141
400736
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 45 40 36 32 29 26 24 21 19 17 16 14 13
7 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 50 44 39 34 31 27 24 22 20 18 16 14 13 11
9 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 48 43 38 32 29 26 23 20 18 16 13 10 8 5
11 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 47 40 35 31 28 24 21 19 15 12 8 - - -
13 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 45 39 34 29 26 23 19 16 11 6 5 - - -
15 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 50 44 38 32 28 24 21 15 9 7 - - - - -
17 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 49 42 36 31 26 23 17 10 - - - - - - -
19 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 48 40 35 29 25 20 12 5 - - - - - - -
21 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 46 39 32 28 23 15 7 - - - - - - - -
23 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 44 37 31 26 18 9 - - - - - - - - -
25 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 43 36 29 22 12 - - - - - - - - - -
27 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 50 41 35 28 21 10 - - - - - - - - - -
29 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 49 40 33 27 14 - - - - - - - - - - -
31 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 47 38 31 19 - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 46 37 30 17 - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 43 35 24 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 42 34 22 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 41 31 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 >50 >50 >50 >50 49 39 30 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 >50 >50 >50 >50 48 38 28 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 >50 >50 >50 >50 47 36 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 >50 >50 >50 >50 45 34 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 >50 >50 >50 >50 44 33 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 >50 >50 >50 >50 41 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
300486
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 37 33 30 27 25 22 19 16 14 11 7 5 - - - - - - - - -
7 35 32 28 26 23 21 17 15 11 6 - - - - - - - - - - -
9 34 30 27 24 22 19 16 11 6 - - - - - - - - - - - -
11 32 28 25 22 20 18 13 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
13 31 27 24 21 19 16 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
15 29 25 22 19 17 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
17 27 24 20 18 15 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
19 26 22 19 16 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
21 24 20 17 14 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
23 23 19 16 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 21 17 14 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
27 19 16 12 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
29 18 14 11 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 16 12 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 15 11 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 13 9 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 11 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 10 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Appendix B: Load span tables 143
300526
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 42 37 34 31 28 26 22 19 16 14 12 9 6 - - - - - - - -
7 40 36 32 29 27 24 20 17 15 12 8 - - - - - - - - - -
9 38 34 31 28 25 23 19 16 12 7 - - - - - - - - - - -
11 37 33 29 26 23 21 17 14 7 - - - - - - - - - - - -
13 35 31 27 24 22 19 16 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
15 34 29 26 23 20 18 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
17 32 28 24 21 19 16 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
19 30 26 23 20 17 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
21 29 25 21 18 15 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
23 27 23 19 16 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 26 21 18 15 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
27 24 20 16 13 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
29 22 18 15 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 21 17 13 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 19 15 11 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 18 13 10 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 16 12 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 14 10 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 13 9 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 11 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 10 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
300586
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 48 44 40 36 33 31 27 23 20 18 15 14 12 9 6 - - - - - -
7 47 42 38 35 32 29 25 22 19 16 14 12 7 - - - - - - - -
9 45 40 36 33 30 27 24 20 17 14 11 7 - - - - - - - - -
11 44 39 35 31 28 26 22 18 15 12 6 - - - - - - - - - -
13 42 37 33 30 27 24 20 17 14 7 - - - - - - - - - - -
15 40 36 32 28 25 23 19 15 10 - - - - - - - - - - - -
17 39 34 30 27 24 21 17 14 5 - - - - - - - - - - - -
19 37 32 28 25 22 19 16 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
21 36 31 27 23 20 18 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
23 34 29 25 22 19 16 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 32 28 24 20 17 15 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
27 31 26 22 19 16 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
29 29 24 20 17 14 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 28 23 19 15 12 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 26 21 17 14 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 24 20 16 12 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 23 18 14 11 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 21 16 12 9 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 20 15 11 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 18 13 9 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 16 12 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 15 10 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 13 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 12 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
300736
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 >50 >50 >50 49 46 42 39 35 31 27 24 21 19 17 15 13 12 11 9 7 5
7 >50 >50 >50 48 44 41 38 33 29 25 22 20 17 15 13 12 10 7 - - -
9 >50 >50 >50 46 42 39 36 32 27 24 21 18 16 14 12 9 5 - - - -
11 >50 >50 49 45 41 37 34 30 26 22 19 16 14 12 9 - - - - - -
13 >50 >50 48 43 39 36 33 29 24 21 17 15 12 9 - - - - - - -
15 >50 >50 46 41 38 34 31 27 23 19 16 13 10 - - - - - - - -
17 >50 50 44 40 36 33 30 25 21 17 14 12 5 - - - - - - - -
19 >50 48 43 38 34 31 28 24 19 16 13 7 - - - - - - - - -
21 >50 47 41 37 33 29 26 22 18 14 11 - - - - - - - - - -
23 >50 45 40 35 31 28 25 21 16 13 6 - - - - - - - - - -
25 50 43 38 33 30 26 23 19 15 11 - - - - - - - - - - -
27 48 42 36 32 28 25 22 17 13 7 - - - - - - - - - - -
29 47 40 35 30 26 23 20 16 11 - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 45 39 33 29 25 21 18 14 10 - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 43 37 32 27 23 20 17 13 6 - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 42 35 30 25 22 18 15 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 40 34 28 24 20 17 14 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 39 32 27 22 18 15 12 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 37 31 25 21 17 13 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 35 29 24 19 15 12 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 34 27 22 17 14 10 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 32 26 20 16 12 9 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 31 24 19 14 10 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 29 23 17 13 9 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
144 Appendix B: Load span tables
400426
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 30 27 24 22 20 18 17 16 12 8 5 - - - - - - - - - -
7 28 25 23 20 18 17 15 12 7 - - - - - - - - - - - -
9 27 24 21 19 17 15 14 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
11 25 22 19 17 15 14 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
13 24 20 18 15 14 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
15 22 19 16 14 12 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
17 20 17 15 12 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
19 19 16 13 11 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
21 17 14 11 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
23 16 12 10 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 14 11 8 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
27 12 9 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
29 11 8 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 9 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
400486
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 37 33 30 27 25 23 21 20 18 16 13 9 6 - - - - - - - -
7 35 31 28 26 23 21 20 18 17 12 8 - - - - - - - - - -
9 34 30 27 24 22 20 18 16 13 7 - - - - - - - - - - -
11 32 28 25 22 20 18 16 15 8 - - - - - - - - - - - -
13 30 27 23 21 19 17 15 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
15 29 25 22 19 17 15 13 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
17 27 23 20 18 15 13 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
19 26 22 19 16 14 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
21 24 20 17 14 12 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
23 22 19 15 13 11 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 21 17 14 11 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
27 19 15 12 10 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
29 18 14 11 8 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 16 12 9 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 14 11 7 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 13 9 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 11 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 10 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
400526
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 41 37 34 31 28 26 24 22 21 19 17 14 11 8 5 - - - - - -
7 40 36 32 29 27 24 22 21 19 17 14 9 6 - - - - - - - -
9 38 34 31 28 25 23 21 19 18 15 9 - - - - - - - - - -
11 37 32 29 26 23 21 19 18 16 10 - - - - - - - - - - -
13 35 31 27 24 22 20 18 16 11 5 - - - - - - - - - - -
15 33 29 26 23 20 18 16 14 6 - - - - - - - - - - - -
17 32 28 24 21 19 16 14 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
19 30 26 23 20 17 15 13 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
21 29 24 21 18 15 13 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
23 27 23 19 16 14 12 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 25 21 18 15 12 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
27 24 20 16 13 11 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
29 22 18 15 12 9 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 21 16 13 10 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 19 15 11 8 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 17 13 10 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 16 12 8 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 14 10 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 13 8 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 11 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 9 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Appendix B: Load span tables 145
400586
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 48 44 40 36 33 31 28 26 25 23 20 18 16 14 11 8 6 - - - -
7 47 42 38 34 32 29 27 25 23 21 19 16 14 10 6 - - - - - -
9 45 40 36 33 30 27 25 23 21 20 17 14 9 5 - - - - - - -
11 44 39 35 31 28 26 24 22 20 18 15 9 - - - - - - - - -
13 42 37 33 30 27 24 22 20 18 17 10 - - - - - - - - - -
15 40 36 32 28 25 23 20 18 17 12 5 - - - - - - - - - -
17 39 34 30 26 24 21 19 17 15 7 - - - - - - - - - - -
19 37 32 28 25 22 19 17 15 11 - - - - - - - - - - - -
21 36 31 27 23 20 18 16 14 6 - - - - - - - - - - - -
23 34 29 25 22 19 16 14 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 32 28 24 20 17 15 12 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
27 31 26 22 18 16 13 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
29 29 24 20 17 14 11 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 28 23 19 15 12 10 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 26 21 17 14 11 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 24 20 16 12 9 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 23 18 14 10 8 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 21 16 12 9 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 20 15 11 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 18 13 9 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 16 12 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 15 10 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 13 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 12 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
400736
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 >50 >50 >50 49 46 42 39 37 34 32 30 27 24 21 19 17 16 14 13 11 9
7 >50 >50 >50 48 44 41 38 35 33 31 28 25 22 20 18 16 14 13 9 6 -
9 >50 >50 >50 46 42 39 36 33 31 29 27 23 21 18 16 14 12 8 - - -
11 >50 >50 49 45 41 37 34 32 29 27 25 22 19 17 14 11 7 - - - -
13 >50 >50 48 43 39 36 33 30 28 26 24 20 17 15 12 6 - - - - -
15 >50 >50 46 41 38 34 31 29 26 24 22 19 16 13 7 - - - - - -
17 >50 50 44 40 36 33 30 27 25 23 20 17 14 8 - - - - - - -
19 >50 48 43 38 34 31 28 25 23 21 19 15 10 - - - - - - - -
21 >50 47 41 37 33 29 26 24 21 19 17 14 5 - - - - - - - -
23 >50 45 40 35 31 28 25 22 20 18 16 9 - - - - - - - - -
25 50 43 38 33 30 26 23 21 18 16 14 - - - - - - - - - -
27 48 42 36 32 28 25 22 19 17 15 10 - - - - - - - - - -
29 47 40 35 30 26 23 20 17 15 13 5 - - - - - - - - - -
31 45 39 33 29 25 21 18 16 13 11 - - - - - - - - - - -
33 43 37 32 27 23 20 17 14 12 9 - - - - - - - - - - -
35 42 35 30 25 22 18 15 13 10 - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 40 34 28 24 20 17 14 11 9 - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 39 32 27 22 18 15 12 9 7 - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 37 31 25 21 17 13 10 8 5 - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 35 29 24 19 15 12 9 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 34 27 22 17 14 10 7 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 32 26 20 16 12 9 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 31 24 19 14 10 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 29 23 17 13 9 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
146 Appendix B: Load span tables
300486
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 >50 45 41 38 34 29 26 22 20 17 15 14 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 6 5
7 49 44 40 37 33 29 25 21 19 16 14 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 5 -
9 48 43 40 36 32 28 24 20 18 15 13 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 - - -
11 47 43 39 35 31 27 23 19 17 14 12 11 9 8 7 6 5 - - - -
13 47 42 38 35 31 26 22 19 16 13 11 10 8 7 6 - - - - - -
15 46 41 37 34 30 25 21 18 15 13 11 9 7 6 - - - - - - -
17 45 40 37 33 29 24 20 17 14 12 10 8 6 - - - - - - - -
19 44 40 36 32 28 23 19 16 13 11 8 6 - - - - - - - - -
21 44 39 35 32 27 22 18 15 12 9 7 - - - - - - - - - -
23 43 38 34 31 26 21 17 14 11 8 - - - - - - - - - - -
25 42 37 34 30 25 20 16 13 9 5 - - - - - - - - - - -
27 41 37 33 29 24 19 15 11 8 - - - - - - - - - - - -
29 41 36 32 29 23 18 14 10 6 - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 40 35 31 28 22 17 12 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 39 35 31 27 21 16 11 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 39 34 30 26 20 14 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 38 33 29 25 19 13 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 37 32 28 24 17 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 36 32 28 23 16 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 36 31 27 22 14 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 35 30 26 21 13 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 34 29 25 19 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 33 29 25 18 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 33 28 24 16 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
300526
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 >50 50 46 42 39 34 29 26 23 20 18 16 14 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5
7 >50 49 45 41 38 33 28 25 22 19 16 14 13 11 9 8 7 6 5 6 5
9 >50 49 44 41 37 32 28 24 20 17 15 13 11 9 8 7 7 6 6 5 -
11 >50 48 44 40 36 31 26 22 19 16 13 11 9 8 6 7 6 5 - - -
13 >50 47 43 39 36 29 24 20 17 14 12 12 10 9 8 6 5 - - - -
15 >50 47 42 38 33 28 22 19 16 13 13 11 9 8 6 - - - - - -
17 >50 46 41 38 32 26 22 20 17 14 12 10 8 6 - - - - - - -
19 50 45 41 35 31 25 23 19 16 13 11 9 7 - - - - - - - -
21 50 44 40 34 32 26 22 18 15 13 10 7 - - - - - - - - -
23 49 44 39 33 31 26 21 17 14 11 8 5 - - - - - - - - -
25 48 43 36 35 30 25 20 16 13 10 6 - - - - - - - - - -
27 47 42 38 34 29 24 19 16 11 8 5 - - - - - - - - - -
29 47 41 37 33 28 23 18 14 10 6 - - - - - - - - - - -
31 46 41 36 32 27 22 17 12 7 - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 45 40 35 32 26 21 16 11 7 - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 44 39 35 31 25 20 14 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 44 38 34 30 25 18 13 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 43 38 33 29 24 16 10 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 40 37 32 29 23 15 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 39 36 32 28 21 14 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 41 35 31 27 19 11 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 40 35 30 26 17 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 39 34 29 24 16 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 38 33 29 23 13 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
148 Appendix B: Load span tables
300586
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 >50 >50 >50 49 45 41 35 31 27 24 22 19 17 16 14 13 11 10 10 9 8
7 >50 >50 >50 48 44 40 34 30 26 23 21 18 16 15 13 12 11 10 9 8 7
9 >50 >50 >50 47 44 39 33 29 25 22 20 17 15 14 12 11 10 9 8 7 6
11 >50 >50 >50 47 43 38 33 28 25 21 19 17 15 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5
13 >50 >50 50 46 42 37 32 27 24 21 18 16 14 12 10 9 8 6 5 - -
15 >50 >50 49 45 41 36 31 26 23 20 17 15 13 11 9 8 6 5 - - -
17 >50 >50 49 44 41 35 30 26 22 19 16 14 12 10 8 6 - - - - -
19 >50 >50 48 44 40 34 29 25 21 18 15 13 10 8 6 - - - - - -
21 >50 >50 47 43 39 33 28 24 20 17 14 11 9 7 - - - - - - -
23 >50 >50 46 42 38 32 27 23 19 16 13 10 7 5 - - - - - - -
25 >50 >50 46 41 38 32 26 22 18 15 11 8 6 - - - - - - - -
27 >50 50 45 41 37 31 25 21 17 13 10 6 - - - - - - - - -
29 >50 49 44 40 36 30 24 20 16 11 8 - - - - - - - - - -
31 >50 48 43 39 35 29 24 19 14 10 7 - - - - - - - - - -
33 >50 48 43 38 34 28 23 17 13 8 - - - - - - - - - - -
35 >50 47 42 38 33 27 22 16 10 6 - - - - - - - - - - -
37 >50 46 41 37 33 26 20 14 9 5 - - - - - - - - - - -
39 >50 45 40 36 32 25 18 13 6 - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 >50 45 40 35 31 23 16 10 6 - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 50 44 39 35 30 22 15 10 5 - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 49 43 38 34 29 20 12 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 49 42 37 33 27 19 11 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 48 42 37 32 26 17 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 47 41 36 32 24 14 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
300736
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 46 40 36 32 29 26 24 21 19 18 16 15 14 13
7 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 45 39 35 31 28 25 23 20 19 17 15 14 13 12
9 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 50 44 39 34 30 27 24 22 20 18 16 15 13 12 11
11 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 49 43 38 33 29 26 23 21 19 17 15 14 12 11 10
13 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 48 42 37 32 29 25 23 20 18 16 14 13 11 10 9
15 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 47 41 36 31 28 24 22 19 17 15 13 12 10 8 7
17 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 47 40 35 31 27 24 21 18 16 14 12 10 8 7 5
19 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 46 39 34 30 26 23 20 17 15 13 10 9 6 5 -
21 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 50 45 39 33 29 25 22 19 17 14 11 9 7 5 - -
23 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 50 44 38 32 28 24 21 18 15 12 9 7 5 - - -
25 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 49 43 37 32 27 23 20 16 13 10 8 5 - - - -
27 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 48 42 36 31 26 22 18 15 11 8 6 - - - - -
29 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 47 41 35 30 25 20 17 13 9 6 5 - - - - -
31 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 47 40 34 29 25 20 15 11 9 5 - - - - - -
33 >50 >50 >50 >50 50 46 40 33 28 22 18 14 10 6 - - - - - - -
35 >50 >50 >50 >50 49 45 39 32 27 21 16 11 7 5 - - - - - - -
37 >50 >50 >50 >50 49 44 38 32 25 20 15 11 7 - - - - - - - -
39 >50 >50 >50 >50 48 44 37 31 24 18 12 8 - - - - - - - - -
41 >50 >50 >50 >50 47 43 36 28 22 17 12 7 - - - - - - - - -
43 >50 >50 >50 >50 46 42 35 27 20 14 9 - - - - - - - - - -
45 >50 >50 >50 >50 46 41 33 25 19 13 8 - - - - - - - - - -
47 >50 >50 >50 50 45 41 32 24 16 10 - - - - - - - - - - -
49 >50 >50 >50 49 44 40 31 23 15 9 - - - - - - - - - - -
51 >50 >50 >50 48 43 39 29 21 14 8 - - - - - - - - - - -
400426
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 41 37 34 31 29 26 25 23 20 17 15 14 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 6 5
7 40 36 33 30 28 26 24 22 19 16 14 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 - -
9 40 36 32 29 27 25 23 21 18 15 13 12 10 9 8 6 5 - - - -
11 39 35 32 29 26 24 22 20 17 14 12 11 9 8 6 - - - - - -
13 38 34 31 28 26 23 22 19 16 13 11 9 7 6 - - - - - - -
15 37 33 30 27 25 23 21 18 15 12 10 8 - - - - - - - - -
17 37 33 29 26 24 22 20 17 14 10 8 - - - - - - - - - -
19 36 32 29 26 23 21 19 16 12 9 - - - - - - - - - - -
21 35 31 28 25 23 20 18 14 10 6 - - - - - - - - - - -
23 34 30 27 24 22 20 16 12 8 - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 34 30 26 23 21 19 15 11 7 - - - - - - - - - - - -
27 33 29 26 23 20 17 13 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
29 32 28 25 22 20 16 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 31 27 24 21 18 14 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 31 27 23 20 16 11 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 30 26 23 20 15 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 29 25 22 18 13 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 28 24 21 16 11 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 28 24 20 15 10 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 27 23 20 13 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 26 22 18 10 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 25 21 16 10 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 25 21 14 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 24 20 13 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
150 Appendix B: Load span tables
400486
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 50 45 41 38 35 32 30 28 25 22 20 17 16 14 13 11 10 9 8 8 7
7 49 44 40 37 34 32 29 27 24 21 19 16 15 13 12 10 9 8 7 7 6
9 48 43 39 36 33 31 29 26 23 20 18 16 14 12 11 9 8 7 6 5 -
11 47 43 39 35 33 30 28 25 22 19 17 15 13 11 10 8 7 6 - - -
13 47 42 38 35 32 29 27 24 21 18 16 14 12 10 8 7 - - - - -
15 46 41 37 34 31 29 26 23 20 17 15 12 10 8 6 - - - - - -
17 45 40 37 33 30 28 26 22 19 16 13 11 9 5 - - - - - - -
19 44 40 36 32 30 27 25 22 18 15 12 9 6 - - - - - - - -
21 44 39 35 32 29 26 24 21 16 13 10 7 - - - - - - - - -
23 43 38 34 31 28 26 23 19 15 12 8 - - - - - - - - - -
25 42 37 34 30 27 25 23 18 13 9 - - - - - - - - - - -
27 41 37 33 29 27 24 21 16 12 8 - - - - - - - - - - -
29 41 36 32 29 26 23 19 15 10 - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 40 35 31 28 25 21 17 12 8 - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 39 34 31 27 24 20 16 11 6 - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 38 34 30 26 24 19 13 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 38 33 29 26 21 17 13 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 37 32 28 25 20 16 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 36 31 28 24 19 13 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 35 31 27 23 17 12 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 35 30 26 21 16 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 34 29 25 19 13 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 33 28 25 18 12 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 32 28 24 16 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
400526
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 >50 50 46 42 39 36 34 32 28 25 22 20 18 16 15 13 12 11 10 9 8
7 >50 49 45 41 38 35 33 31 28 24 22 19 17 15 14 12 11 10 9 8 7
9 >50 49 44 41 37 35 32 30 27 23 21 18 16 14 13 11 10 9 8 7 6
11 >50 48 44 40 37 34 31 29 26 22 20 17 15 13 12 10 9 7 6 5 -
13 >50 47 43 39 36 33 31 28 25 21 19 16 14 12 10 9 7 6 - - -
15 >50 46 42 38 35 32 30 28 24 20 18 15 13 11 9 7 - - - - -
17 >50 46 41 38 34 32 29 27 23 19 17 14 11 9 6 - - - - - -
19 50 45 41 37 34 31 28 26 22 19 15 12 10 7 - - - - - - -
21 50 44 40 36 33 30 28 25 21 17 13 10 8 - - - - - - - -
23 49 43 39 35 32 29 27 24 19 15 12 9 - - - - - - - - -
25 48 43 38 35 31 29 26 22 17 14 10 5 - - - - - - - - -
27 47 42 38 34 31 28 25 21 16 12 9 - - - - - - - - - -
29 47 41 37 33 30 27 23 19 14 10 6 - - - - - - - - - -
31 46 40 36 32 29 26 23 17 12 8 - - - - - - - - - - -
33 45 40 35 32 28 26 21 16 11 7 - - - - - - - - - - -
35 44 39 35 31 28 23 19 14 9 - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 44 38 34 30 27 22 17 13 8 - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 43 38 33 29 26 21 15 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 42 37 32 29 24 19 14 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 41 36 32 28 23 17 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 41 35 31 27 21 15 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 40 35 30 26 19 14 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 39 34 29 24 18 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 38 33 29 23 15 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
400586
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 >50 >50 >50 49 45 42 39 37 34 30 27 24 22 20 18 16 15 13 12 11 10
7 >50 >50 >50 48 44 41 38 36 33 29 26 23 21 19 17 15 14 12 11 10 9
9 >50 >50 >50 47 44 40 38 35 32 28 25 22 20 18 16 14 13 11 10 9 8
11 >50 >50 >50 47 43 40 37 34 31 27 24 21 19 17 15 13 12 10 9 8 6
13 >50 >50 50 46 42 39 36 34 30 26 23 20 18 16 14 12 10 9 7 6 -
15 >50 >50 49 45 41 38 35 33 29 25 22 19 17 15 12 10 9 7 5 - -
17 >50 >50 49 44 41 37 35 32 28 25 21 18 15 13 11 9 7 - - - -
19 >50 >50 48 44 40 37 34 31 27 24 20 17 14 11 9 7 - - - - -
21 >50 >50 47 43 39 36 33 31 26 23 18 15 12 10 8 - - - - - -
23 >50 >50 46 42 38 35 32 30 25 21 17 14 11 8 - - - - - - -
25 >50 >50 46 41 38 34 32 29 24 20 15 12 9 6 - - - - - - -
27 >50 50 45 41 37 34 31 28 22 18 14 10 7 - - - - - - - -
29 >50 49 44 40 36 33 30 26 21 16 12 8 - - - - - - - - -
31 >50 48 43 39 35 32 29 25 19 15 11 7 - - - - - - - - -
33 >50 48 43 38 35 31 27 23 18 13 9 - - - - - - - - - -
35 >50 47 42 38 34 31 26 21 15 11 8 - - - - - - - - - -
37 >50 46 41 37 33 30 24 20 14 10 - - - - - - - - - - -
39 >50 45 40 36 32 28 23 19 12 - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 >50 45 40 35 32 27 22 16 11 - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 50 44 39 35 31 25 20 15 10 - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 49 43 38 34 30 24 17 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 48 42 37 33 28 22 16 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 48 42 37 32 27 20 16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 47 41 36 32 25 17 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
152 Appendix B: Load span tables
400736
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 49 47 44 39 35 32 29 26 24 22 20 18 17 16
7 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 49 46 43 38 34 31 28 25 23 21 19 17 16 15
9 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 48 45 42 37 33 30 27 24 22 20 18 17 15 14
11 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 50 47 44 41 36 32 29 26 23 21 19 17 16 14 13
13 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 50 46 44 40 35 31 28 25 23 20 18 16 14 13 11
15 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 49 46 43 39 35 31 27 24 22 19 16 15 13 11 10
17 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 48 45 42 38 34 30 26 23 21 18 15 13 11 9 8
19 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 47 44 41 37 33 29 25 22 19 16 13 11 9 8 6
21 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 50 47 43 41 36 32 28 24 20 17 14 12 10 7 6 -
23 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 50 46 43 40 35 31 26 22 19 16 13 10 8 6 - -
25 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 49 45 42 39 35 30 25 21 17 14 11 8 7 - - -
27 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 48 44 41 38 34 28 23 19 16 12 9 7 - - - -
29 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 47 44 40 38 31 27 22 17 14 10 8 - - - - -
31 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 47 43 40 37 30 25 20 15 13 9 - - - - - -
33 >50 >50 >50 >50 50 46 42 39 34 28 23 19 14 10 - - - - - - -
35 >50 >50 >50 >50 49 45 41 38 33 27 22 16 12 10 - - - - - - -
37 >50 >50 >50 >50 49 44 41 36 31 25 20 15 11 - - - - - - - -
39 >50 >50 >50 >50 48 44 40 35 30 23 18 13 - - - - - - - - -
41 >50 >50 >50 >50 47 43 39 34 28 23 17 12 - - - - - - - - -
43 >50 >50 >50 >50 46 42 38 31 27 20 14 - - - - - - - - - -
45 >50 >50 >50 >50 46 41 36 31 25 19 13 - - - - - - - - - -
47 >50 >50 >50 50 45 41 35 28 22 16 - - - - - - - - - - -
49 >50 >50 >50 49 44 40 32 27 22 15 - - - - - - - - - - -
51 >50 >50 >50 48 43 39 32 26 21 14 - - - - - - - - - - -
300486
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 39 35 31 29 26 24 19 14 9 6 - - - - - - - - - - -
7 37 33 30 27 25 21 14 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
9 35 32 28 25 23 16 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
11 34 30 27 24 21 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
13 32 28 25 22 16 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
15 31 27 23 21 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
17 29 25 22 18 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
19 27 24 20 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
21 26 22 19 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
23 24 20 17 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 23 19 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
27 21 17 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
29 19 16 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 18 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 16 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 15 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 13 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
154 Appendix B: Load span tables
300526
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 43 39 35 32 30 27 25 20 15 10 7 - - - - - - - - - -
7 42 37 34 31 28 26 22 15 10 5 - - - - - - - - - - -
9 40 36 32 29 26 24 17 10 5 - - - - - - - - - - - -
11 39 34 31 28 25 21 12 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
13 37 33 29 26 23 16 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
15 35 31 27 24 22 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
17 34 29 26 23 17 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
19 32 28 24 21 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
21 31 26 23 20 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
23 29 25 21 17 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 27 23 19 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
27 26 21 18 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
29 24 20 16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 23 18 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 21 17 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 19 15 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 18 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 16 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 15 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 13 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 11 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 10 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
300586
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 >50 46 41 38 35 32 30 28 24 18 14 10 7 - - - - - - - -
7 49 44 40 36 33 31 28 26 19 13 9 5 - - - - - - - - -
9 48 42 38 35 32 29 27 21 14 8 - - - - - - - - - - -
11 46 41 37 33 30 27 25 16 9 - - - - - - - - - - - -
13 44 39 35 31 28 26 21 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
15 43 38 33 30 27 24 16 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
17 41 36 32 28 25 22 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
19 40 34 30 27 24 17 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
21 38 33 29 25 22 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
23 36 31 27 23 20 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 35 30 25 22 18 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
27 33 28 24 20 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
29 32 26 22 19 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 30 25 21 17 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 28 23 19 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 27 22 17 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 25 20 16 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 24 18 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 22 17 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 20 15 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 19 14 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 17 12 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 16 10 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 14 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
300736
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 >50 >50 >50 >50 48 44 41 38 36 34 31 28 24 19 15 12 9 6 - - -
7 >50 >50 >50 50 46 43 39 37 34 32 29 25 19 14 10 7 - - - - -
9 >50 >50 >50 49 44 41 38 35 33 31 27 20 14 9 5 - - - - - -
11 >50 >50 >50 47 43 39 36 34 31 29 22 15 9 - - - - - - - -
13 >50 >50 50 45 41 38 35 32 30 26 17 10 - - - - - - - - -
15 >50 >50 48 44 40 36 33 30 28 21 12 5 - - - - - - - - -
17 >50 >50 47 42 38 35 31 29 26 16 7 - - - - - - - - - -
19 >50 >50 45 41 36 33 30 27 22 11 - - - - - - - - - - -
21 >50 49 44 39 35 31 28 26 17 6 - - - - - - - - - - -
23 >50 48 42 37 33 30 27 24 12 - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 >50 46 40 36 32 28 25 20 7 - - - - - - - - - - - -
27 >50 44 39 34 30 27 23 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
29 50 43 37 33 28 25 22 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 48 41 36 31 27 23 20 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 46 40 34 29 25 22 17 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 45 38 32 28 24 20 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 43 36 31 26 22 19 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 42 35 29 25 20 17 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 40 33 28 23 19 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 38 32 26 21 17 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 37 30 24 20 16 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 35 28 23 18 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 34 27 21 17 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 32 25 20 15 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Appendix B: Load span tables 155
400426
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 31 28 25 23 21 19 15 11 7 - - - - - - - - - - - -
7 30 26 24 21 19 17 10 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
9 28 25 22 20 18 12 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
11 27 23 21 18 15 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
13 25 22 19 17 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
15 23 20 17 15 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
17 22 18 16 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
19 20 17 14 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
21 19 15 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
23 17 14 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 15 12 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
27 14 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
29 12 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 11 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 9 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
400486
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 39 35 31 29 26 24 22 21 15 11 7 - - - - - - - - - -
7 37 33 30 27 25 22 21 16 10 6 - - - - - - - - - - -
9 35 31 28 25 23 21 18 11 5 - - - - - - - - - - - -
11 34 30 27 24 21 19 13 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
13 32 28 25 22 20 16 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
15 31 27 23 21 18 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
17 29 25 22 19 17 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
19 27 23 20 17 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
21 26 22 19 16 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
23 24 20 17 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 23 19 15 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
27 21 17 14 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
29 19 15 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 18 14 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 16 12 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 15 11 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 13 9 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 11 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 10 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
400526
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 43 39 35 32 30 27 25 24 22 16 12 8 5 - - - - - - - -
7 42 37 34 31 28 26 24 22 17 11 7 - - - - - - - - - -
9 40 36 32 29 26 24 22 18 12 6 - - - - - - - - - - -
11 39 34 31 27 25 22 20 13 7 - - - - - - - - - - - -
13 37 33 29 26 23 21 17 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
15 35 31 27 24 22 19 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
17 34 29 26 23 20 18 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
19 32 28 24 21 18 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
21 31 26 23 19 17 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
23 29 25 21 18 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 27 23 19 16 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
27 26 21 18 15 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
29 24 20 16 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 23 18 15 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 21 17 13 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 19 15 11 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 18 13 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 16 12 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 15 10 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 13 9 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 11 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 10 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
156 Appendix B: Load span tables
400586
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 >50 46 41 38 35 32 30 28 26 24 20 16 12 8 6 - - - - - -
7 49 44 40 36 33 31 28 26 24 21 15 11 7 - - - - - - - -
9 47 42 38 35 32 29 27 25 23 16 10 6 - - - - - - - - -
11 46 41 37 33 30 27 25 23 18 11 5 - - - - - - - - - -
13 44 39 35 31 28 26 23 21 13 6 - - - - - - - - - - -
15 43 38 33 30 27 24 22 17 8 - - - - - - - - - - - -
17 41 36 32 28 25 23 20 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
19 39 34 30 27 24 21 19 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
21 38 33 29 25 22 19 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
23 36 31 27 23 20 18 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 35 30 25 22 19 16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
27 33 28 24 20 17 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
29 31 26 22 19 16 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 30 25 21 17 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 28 23 19 15 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 27 22 17 14 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 25 20 16 12 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 23 18 14 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 22 17 13 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 20 15 11 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 19 14 9 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 17 12 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 15 10 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 14 9 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
400736
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 >50 >50 >50 >50 48 44 41 38 36 34 32 30 28 27 22 17 14 11 8 6 -
7 >50 >50 >50 50 46 43 39 37 34 32 30 28 27 22 17 12 9 6 - - -
9 >50 >50 >50 48 44 41 38 35 33 31 29 27 23 17 12 7 - - - - -
11 >50 >50 >50 47 43 39 36 34 31 29 27 25 18 12 7 - - - - - -
13 >50 >50 50 45 41 38 35 32 30 27 25 20 13 7 - - - - - - -
15 >50 >50 48 44 40 36 33 30 28 26 23 15 8 - - - - - - - -
17 >50 >50 47 42 38 35 31 29 26 24 18 10 - - - - - - - - -
19 >50 >50 45 40 36 33 30 27 25 23 13 5 - - - - - - - - -
21 >50 49 44 39 35 31 28 26 23 19 8 - - - - - - - - - -
23 >50 48 42 37 33 30 27 24 22 14 - - - - - - - - - - -
25 >50 46 40 36 32 28 25 22 20 9 - - - - - - - - - - -
27 >50 44 39 34 30 27 23 21 17 - - - - - - - - - - - -
29 50 43 37 32 28 25 22 19 12 - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 48 41 36 31 27 23 20 18 7 - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 46 40 34 29 25 22 19 16 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 45 38 32 28 24 20 17 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 43 36 31 26 22 19 15 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 42 35 29 24 20 17 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 40 33 28 23 19 15 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 38 32 26 21 17 14 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 37 30 24 20 16 12 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 35 28 23 18 14 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 34 27 21 16 12 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 32 25 20 15 11 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Appendix B: Load span tables 157
300486
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 >50 46 42 39 36 33 31 27 23 21 18 16 14 13 12 10 9 8 8 7 6
7 50 45 41 38 35 32 29 26 22 19 17 15 13 12 10 9 8 7 6 - -
9 49 44 40 37 34 31 28 24 21 18 16 14 12 11 9 8 7 5 - - -
11 49 44 40 36 33 31 27 23 20 17 15 13 11 10 8 7 - - - - -
13 48 43 39 35 32 30 26 22 19 16 14 12 10 8 6 - - - - - -
15 47 42 38 35 32 29 25 21 18 15 13 11 9 5 - - - - - - -
17 46 41 37 34 31 28 24 20 17 14 12 9 5 - - - - - - - -
19 45 40 36 33 30 27 23 19 16 13 10 5 - - - - - - - - -
21 44 40 36 32 29 26 22 18 14 11 6 - - - - - - - - - -
23 44 39 35 31 28 25 20 17 13 9 - - - - - - - - - - -
25 43 38 34 30 28 24 19 15 11 - - - - - - - - - - - -
27 42 37 33 30 27 23 18 14 8 - - - - - - - - - - - -
29 41 36 32 29 26 22 17 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 40 36 32 28 25 21 15 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 40 35 31 27 24 19 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 39 34 30 26 23 18 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 38 33 29 26 23 16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 37 32 28 25 21 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 36 32 27 24 20 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 36 31 27 23 18 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 35 30 26 22 16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 34 29 25 20 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 33 28 24 19 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 32 27 23 18 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
300526
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 >50 >50 47 43 40 37 35 31 27 24 21 19 17 15 14 12 11 10 9 8 7
7 >50 >50 46 42 39 36 34 30 26 23 20 18 16 14 13 11 10 9 8 7 6
9 >50 50 45 42 38 35 33 28 25 22 19 17 15 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 -
11 >50 49 45 41 37 35 32 27 24 21 18 16 14 12 10 9 8 6 - - -
13 >50 48 44 40 37 34 31 26 23 19 17 14 12 11 9 7 - - - - -
15 >50 47 43 39 36 33 30 25 21 18 16 13 11 10 7 - - - - - -
17 >50 47 42 38 35 32 28 24 20 17 15 12 10 7 - - - - - - -
19 >50 46 41 37 34 31 27 23 19 16 13 11 7 - - - - - - - -
21 50 45 41 37 33 31 26 22 18 15 12 9 - - - - - - - - -
23 50 44 40 36 33 30 25 21 17 13 10 - - - - - - - - - -
25 49 43 39 35 32 29 24 20 16 12 6 - - - - - - - - - -
27 48 43 38 34 31 28 23 19 14 10 - - - - - - - - - - -
29 47 42 37 33 30 27 22 17 12 - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 46 41 36 33 29 26 21 15 10 - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 46 40 36 32 29 25 19 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 45 39 35 31 28 24 17 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 44 39 34 30 27 22 16 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 43 38 33 29 26 21 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 42 37 32 29 25 19 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 42 36 32 28 23 17 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 41 35 31 27 22 16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 40 35 30 26 20 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 39 34 29 25 19 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 38 33 28 24 17 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Appendix B: Load span tables 159
300586
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 >50 >50 >50 50 46 43 40 37 33 29 26 23 21 19 17 15 14 13 11 10 9
7 >50 >50 >50 49 45 42 39 36 32 28 25 22 20 18 16 14 13 11 10 9 8
9 >50 >50 >50 48 45 41 39 35 30 27 24 21 19 16 15 13 12 10 9 8 7
11 >50 >50 >50 48 44 41 38 34 29 26 22 20 17 15 14 12 11 9 8 7 5
13 >50 >50 >50 47 43 40 37 33 28 25 21 19 16 14 12 11 9 8 5 - -
15 >50 >50 50 46 42 39 36 32 27 23 20 18 15 13 11 9 7 - - - -
17 >50 >50 50 45 41 38 35 30 26 22 19 17 14 12 10 7 - - - - -
19 >50 >50 49 44 41 37 34 29 25 21 18 15 13 10 7 - - - - - -
21 >50 >50 48 44 40 37 34 28 24 20 17 14 11 8 - - - - - - -
23 >50 >50 47 43 39 36 32 27 23 19 15 12 10 - - - - - - - -
25 >50 >50 46 42 38 35 31 26 22 18 14 11 - - - - - - - - -
27 >50 >50 46 41 37 34 30 25 21 16 12 - - - - - - - - - -
29 >50 50 45 40 37 33 29 24 19 15 11 - - - - - - - - - -
31 >50 49 44 40 36 32 28 23 17 13 5 - - - - - - - - - -
33 >50 48 43 39 35 32 27 21 16 8 - - - - - - - - - - -
35 >50 47 42 38 34 31 26 19 14 6 - - - - - - - - - - -
37 >50 47 41 37 33 30 24 18 11 - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 >50 46 41 36 32 29 23 16 9 - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 >50 45 40 35 32 28 21 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 50 44 39 35 31 26 19 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 50 43 38 34 30 24 18 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 49 43 37 33 29 23 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 48 42 37 32 27 21 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 47 41 36 31 26 20 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
300736
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 48 43 38 35 31 28 25 22 20 19 17 16 14
7 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 50 47 42 37 32 29 26 24 21 19 17 16 14 13
9 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 49 45 39 35 31 28 24 22 20 18 15 14 12 11
11 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 48 43 38 34 29 26 23 20 18 16 14 12 11 7
13 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 45 42 37 32 28 27 24 21 19 17 15 14 12 10
15 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 48 47 43 38 33 29 26 23 20 18 16 14 12 10 9
17 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 49 46 42 37 32 28 25 22 19 17 14 13 11 9 -
19 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 48 45 41 36 31 27 24 21 18 15 13 11 9 - -
21 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 48 44 40 35 30 26 23 20 17 14 11 9 - - -
23 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 47 43 39 33 29 25 22 18 15 12 7 5 - - -
25 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 50 46 43 38 32 28 24 20 16 13 9 6 - - - -
27 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 49 45 42 37 31 27 22 18 15 11 8 - - - - -
29 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 48 44 41 36 30 25 20 16 13 10 - - - - - -
31 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 47 44 40 35 29 24 19 15 11 - - - - - - -
33 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 47 43 39 34 27 22 18 13 5 - - - - - - -
35 >50 >50 >50 >50 50 46 42 39 32 26 20 16 12 - - - - - - - -
37 >50 >50 >50 >50 49 45 41 38 30 24 19 14 6 - - - - - - - -
39 >50 >50 >50 >50 48 44 40 37 29 22 16 13 - - - - - - - - -
41 >50 >50 >50 >50 48 43 40 34 27 21 15 8 - - - - - - - - -
43 >50 >50 >50 >50 47 42 39 33 25 20 14 7 - - - - - - - - -
45 >50 >50 >50 >50 46 42 38 31 24 17 12 - - - - - - - - - -
47 >50 >50 >50 50 45 41 35 30 22 16 10 - - - - - - - - - -
49 >50 >50 >50 49 44 40 34 28 20 14 - - - - - - - - - - -
51 >50 >50 >50 49 44 39 32 27 19 13 - - - - - - - - - - -
400426
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 42 38 35 32 29 27 25 24 22 21 18 16 15 13 12 10 9 8 8 7 5
7 41 37 34 31 28 26 24 23 21 20 17 15 13 12 10 9 8 7 5 - -
9 40 36 33 30 28 25 24 22 21 19 16 14 12 11 9 7 5 - - - -
11 40 36 32 29 27 25 23 21 20 17 15 13 11 8 5 - - - - - -
13 39 35 31 28 26 24 22 20 19 16 14 11 8 - - - - - - - -
15 38 34 31 28 25 23 21 20 18 15 12 7 - - - - - - - - -
17 37 33 30 27 24 22 20 19 16 13 8 - - - - - - - - - -
19 36 32 29 26 24 21 20 18 15 10 - - - - - - - - - - -
21 36 31 28 25 23 21 19 16 12 5 - - - - - - - - - - -
23 35 31 27 24 22 20 17 15 7 - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 34 30 26 24 21 19 16 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
27 33 29 26 23 20 17 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
29 32 28 25 22 20 16 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 31 27 24 21 19 15 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 31 27 23 20 17 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 30 26 22 20 15 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 29 25 22 19 14 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 28 24 21 17 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 27 23 20 15 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 27 23 19 14 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 26 22 18 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 25 21 17 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 24 20 15 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 23 19 14 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Appendix B: Load span tables 161
400486
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 >50 46 42 39 36 33 31 29 27 26 23 21 19 17 15 14 12 11 10 9 8
7 50 45 41 38 35 32 30 28 26 25 22 20 18 16 14 12 11 10 9 8 7
9 49 44 40 37 34 31 29 27 25 24 21 19 16 14 13 11 10 8 6 - -
11 49 44 40 36 33 31 28 26 25 23 20 17 15 13 11 10 7 - - - -
13 48 43 39 35 32 30 28 26 24 22 19 16 14 12 8 6 - - - - -
15 47 42 38 35 32 29 27 25 23 21 18 15 12 9 5 - - - - - -
17 46 41 37 34 31 28 26 24 22 19 16 13 8 - - - - - - - -
19 45 40 36 33 30 27 25 23 21 18 14 9 - - - - - - - - -
21 44 40 36 32 29 27 24 22 19 16 12 - - - - - - - - - -
23 44 39 35 31 28 26 24 21 18 14 - - - - - - - - - - -
25 43 38 34 30 28 25 23 20 16 11 - - - - - - - - - - -
27 42 37 33 30 27 24 22 18 14 - - - - - - - - - - - -
29 41 36 32 29 26 23 20 16 7 - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 40 36 31 28 25 23 18 15 6 - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 40 35 31 27 24 20 17 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 39 34 30 26 23 19 15 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 38 33 29 26 23 18 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 37 32 28 25 21 16 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 36 31 27 24 20 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 36 31 27 23 18 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 35 30 26 22 16 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 34 29 25 20 15 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 33 28 24 19 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 32 27 23 18 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
400526
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 >50 >50 47 43 40 37 35 32 30 29 27 24 22 19 18 16 14 13 12 11 10
7 >50 >50 46 42 39 36 34 32 30 28 26 23 20 18 16 15 13 12 11 10 9
9 >50 50 45 42 38 35 33 31 29 27 25 22 19 17 15 14 12 11 9 8 6
11 >50 49 45 41 37 35 32 30 28 26 23 21 18 16 14 12 11 8 6 - -
13 >50 48 44 40 37 34 31 29 27 25 22 19 17 15 12 10 8 - - - -
15 >50 47 43 39 36 33 30 28 26 24 21 18 15 13 11 6 - - - - -
17 >50 47 42 38 35 32 30 27 26 23 20 17 14 10 6 - - - - - -
19 >50 46 41 37 34 31 29 27 25 22 18 15 12 7 - - - - - - -
21 50 45 40 37 33 31 28 26 24 20 17 13 - - - - - - - - -
23 50 44 40 36 33 30 27 25 22 19 15 6 - - - - - - - - -
25 49 43 39 35 32 29 26 24 21 17 13 - - - - - - - - - -
27 48 43 38 34 31 28 26 22 19 15 6 - - - - - - - - - -
29 47 42 37 33 30 27 25 20 18 9 - - - - - - - - - - -
31 46 41 36 33 29 26 23 19 16 8 - - - - - - - - - - -
33 46 40 36 32 29 26 22 18 12 - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 45 39 35 31 28 25 20 16 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 44 39 34 30 27 23 18 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 43 38 33 29 26 21 17 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 42 37 32 29 25 20 14 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 42 36 32 28 23 18 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 41 35 31 27 22 17 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 40 34 30 26 20 14 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 39 34 29 25 19 13 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 38 33 28 24 17 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
400586
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 >50 >50 >50 50 46 43 40 38 35 33 32 29 26 23 21 19 18 16 15 13 12
7 >50 >50 >50 49 45 42 39 37 35 33 31 28 25 22 20 18 16 15 13 12 11
9 >50 >50 >50 48 45 41 38 36 34 32 30 27 24 21 19 17 15 14 12 11 10
11 >50 >50 >50 48 44 41 38 35 33 31 29 25 23 20 18 16 14 12 11 9 7
13 >50 >50 >50 47 43 40 37 34 32 30 28 24 21 19 17 14 13 11 8 5 -
15 >50 >50 50 46 42 39 36 34 31 29 27 23 20 17 15 13 10 7 - - -
17 >50 >50 50 45 41 38 35 33 30 28 25 22 19 16 13 11 7 - - - -
19 >50 >50 49 44 41 37 34 32 30 28 24 20 17 14 10 - - - - - -
21 >50 >50 48 44 40 36 34 31 29 27 22 18 15 12 5 - - - - - -
23 >50 >50 47 43 39 36 33 30 28 25 21 17 14 6 - - - - - - -
25 >50 >50 46 42 38 35 32 29 27 24 19 15 8 - - - - - - - -
27 >50 >50 45 41 37 34 31 29 25 22 18 11 - - - - - - - - -
29 >50 50 45 40 37 33 30 28 23 20 16 9 - - - - - - - - -
31 >50 49 44 39 36 32 30 26 22 18 13 - - - - - - - - - -
33 >50 48 43 39 35 32 29 25 20 16 5 - - - - - - - - - -
35 >50 47 42 38 34 31 27 23 19 15 - - - - - - - - - - -
37 >50 47 41 37 33 30 26 21 16 7 - - - - - - - - - - -
39 >50 46 41 36 32 29 24 19 16 5 - - - - - - - - - - -
41 >50 45 40 35 32 28 23 17 11 - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 50 44 39 35 31 26 21 16 9 - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 50 43 38 34 30 24 19 15 7 - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 49 43 37 33 29 23 16 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 48 42 37 32 27 21 16 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 47 41 36 31 26 20 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Appendix B: Load span tables 163
400736
Beam Span (Lbeam) [m]
g [kN/m] 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.0
Maximum Live Load - q [kN/m]
5 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 48 45 42 38 36 33 30 28 25 22 20 19 17
7 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 50 47 43 40 37 36 31 28 26 23 21 19 17 16
9 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 49 45 41 39 35 33 30 27 24 22 20 18 16 14
11 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 48 43 43 40 38 35 31 28 25 23 21 19 17 15
13 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 45 42 42 39 37 34 30 27 24 22 19 17 15 13
15 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 48 47 44 41 39 36 32 29 26 23 20 18 15 14 12
17 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 49 46 43 40 38 35 31 28 24 21 18 16 14 12 7
19 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 48 45 42 39 37 34 30 26 23 19 17 15 12 8 -
21 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 48 44 41 39 36 33 28 25 21 18 16 12 9 - -
23 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 47 43 40 38 35 31 27 23 19 16 13 10 - - -
25 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 50 46 43 40 37 34 30 25 21 18 14 12 - - - -
27 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 49 45 42 39 36 32 28 24 20 16 13 5 - - - -
29 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 48 44 41 38 34 31 27 22 18 15 7 - - - - -
31 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 47 44 40 37 33 29 25 21 17 10 - - - - - -
33 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 46 43 39 36 32 28 23 19 13 8 - - - - - -
35 >50 >50 >50 >50 50 46 42 39 34 29 26 22 18 11 - - - - - - -
37 >50 >50 >50 >50 49 45 41 38 33 29 24 20 15 - - - - - - - -
39 >50 >50 >50 >50 48 44 40 36 30 27 22 18 14 - - - - - - - -
41 >50 >50 >50 >50 48 43 39 34 30 25 21 17 - - - - - - - - -
43 >50 >50 >50 >50 47 42 39 33 27 22 20 16 - - - - - - - - -
45 >50 >50 >50 >50 46 42 38 31 27 21 17 - - - - - - - - - -
47 >50 >50 >50 50 45 41 35 30 25 20 16 - - - - - - - - - -
49 >50 >50 >50 49 44 40 34 28 22 17 - - - - - - - - - - -
51 >50 >50 >50 49 44 39 32 27 21 17 - - - - - - - - - - -