Live Load Reduction Verification
- Ömer Can Sagbas (Unlicensed)
- Cagin Yakar
Table 1. Live Load Reduction to Type Example
| 1 | Click Live Load Reduction category, open LiveLoadReductionLoadType model in BDS. |  |
| 2 | Click Analysis, AEC|BOLT, Tributary button respectively. Run tributary analysis. |  |
| 3 | Click Analysis Results, column results button, choose Select Results To View. | |
| 4 | Choose Tributary, Live Load, HeavyLiveLoad, GroupA, PassengerVehicleGarage. | |
| 5 | Check C1 results seen in the figure. | |
| 6 | Check C2 results seen in the figure. | |
| 7 | Check C3 results seen in the figure. | |
| 8 | Check C4 results seen in the figure. | |
| 9 | Click showing w/o LL Reduction image. | |
| 10 | Check C1 results seen in the figure. | |
| 11 | Check C2 results seen in the figure. | |
| 12 | Check C3 results seen in the figure. | |
| 13 | Check C4 results seen in the figure. |
Verifies live load reduction for different load classes: , Live Load, HeavyLiveLoad, GroupA, PassengerVehicleGarage.
Table 2. Live Load Max Reduction Example
| 1 | Click Live Load Reduction category, open LiveLoadMaxReduction model in BDS. | |
| 2 | Click Analysis, AEC|BOLT, Tributary button respectively. Run tributary analysis. | |
| 3 | Click Analysis Results, column results button, choose Select Results To View. | |
| 4 | Choose Tributary, Live Load. | |
| 5 | Check Fx results seen in the figure. | |
| 6 | Click showing w/o LL Reduction image. | |
| 7 | Check Fx results seen in the figure. |
Verifies live load reduction ratio limit
Table 3. Live Load Reduction DL Test Example
| 1 | Click Live Load Reduction category, open LiveLoadReductionDLTest model in BDS. |
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| 2 | Click Analysis, AEC|BOLT, Tributary button respectively. Run tributary analysis. | |
| 3 | Click Analysis Results, column results button, choose Select Results To View. | |
| 4 | Choose Tributary, Live Load, Heavy Live Load. | |
| 5 | Check Fx results seen in the figure. | |
| 6 | Check Fx results seen in the figure. | |
| 7 | Click showing w/o LL Reduction image. | |
| 8 | Check Fx results seen in the figure. | |
| 9 | Check Fx results seen in the figure. |
Verifies live load reduction depending on D/L ratio formula (Eq 16-31)
Table 4. Live Load Reduction DL Test Example 2
| 1 | Click Live Load Reduction category in BDS. Open LiveLoadReductionDLTest2 model in BDS. | |
| 2 | Click Analysis, AEC|BOLT, Tributary button respectively. Run tributary analysis. | |
| 3 | Click Analysis Results, column results button, choose Select Results To View. | |
| 4 | Choose Tributary, LL1, GroupA. | |
| 5 | Check C1 results seen in the figure. |
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| 6 | Check C1 results seen in the figure. | |
| 7 | Click showing w/o LL Reduction image. | |
| 8 | Check C1 results seen in the figure. | |
| 9 | Check C1 results seen in the figure. |