Talk:Structural load

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Load Factor

what is a load factor? somebody answer and make it snappy

answered in new section --Panchobook (talk) 20:21, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

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Loads for structures that are not architectural or civil engineering

I'm guessing much of the material in this article was written by a civil engineer. Very similar analyis techniques but very different problems. Jebix 03:37, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

The current article touches on the common loading types for civil infrastructure and land machinery, other types of structures for aerospace (e.g. aircraft, satellites, rockets, spacestations, etc..) and marine (e.g. boats, submarines, etc..) environments would have additional considerations. It is a good idea to add additional load types for these special structures. TVBZ28 13:53, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Indeed. To remedy, I've titled a section "Loads on Architectural and Civil Engineering Structures", and moved most of what was in the article into this section. Also moved the introduction to aircraft loads that was here to the main page, but it needs some work. -- Panchobook (talk) 21:14, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

(Re aircraft loads) Ultimate loads and limit loads are not restricted to aerospace, however they are subsections of dead and dynamic loads - just specific magnitudes of each. Also, I disagree with the differentiation between live and dynamic...they are the same thing and dynamic is absolutely not just live loading on a larger scale - you could possibly argue that live considers the standard operations of a structure or mechanism whereas dynamic is the exceptional circumstance cases but even then its very tenuous and Ive only ever heard that from non Mech Engers (well actually just one person - a civil *engineer*)

Oh...also in my opinion imposed load should be grouped with dynamic and live - Sam Lacey 13:31, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Yeah I checked with a lecturer of 37years FEA experience and there is no diffence between live and dynamic so this needs changing Sam Lacey 14:04, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Deleted the section on static and dynamic loads.--Panchobook (talk) 21:14, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

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Merged "Dead and live loads" article into this one

Merged the old Dead and live loads page into this one, and redirected references to that page to this one. -- Panchobook (talk) 21:55, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

Added references and deleted comment requesting them. --Panchobook (talk) 22:29, 28 June 2011 (UTC)

I have copied a very basic description of dead and live loads from the previoius article with that title. This belongs at the begining of this article because these terms are used in almost all types of structural analysis. Buildings and aircraft are only a couple of specific applications. For example, engineers can and do look at the structure of a mundane chair, considering both the dead load (statics) and live load (dynamics) aspects.Pkgx (talk) 18:19, 29 June 2011 (UTC)

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