2003 International Building Code

STRUCTURAL DESIGN
1605.3.1.2 Other loads. Where F, H, P or T are to be con -
sid ered in de sign, the load com bi na tions of Sec tion 2.4.1
of ASCE 7 shall be used. Where F a is to be con sid ered in
de sign, the load com bi na tions of Sec tion 2.4.2 of ASCE
7 shall be used.
1605.3.2 Al ter na tive ba sic load com bi na tions. In lieu of
the ba sic load com bi na tions spec i fied in Sec tion 1605.3.1,
struc tures and por tions thereof shall be per mit ted to be de -
signed for the most crit i cal ef fects re sult ing from the fol low -
ing com bi na tions. When us ing these al ter nate ba sic load
com bi na tions that in clude wind or seis mic loads, al low able
stresses are per mit ted to be in creased or load com bi na tions
re duced, where per mit ted by the ma te rial sec tion of this
code or ref er enced stan dard. Where wind loads are cal cu -
lated in ac cor dance with Sec tion 1609.6 or Sec tion 6 of
ASCE 7, the co ef fi cient ω in the fol low ing equations shall
be taken as 1.3. For other wind loads ω shall be taken as 1.0.
D + L + (L r or S or R) (Equa tion 16-13)
D + L + (W) (Equa tion 16-14)
D + L + W + S/2 (Equa tion 16-15)
D + L + S + W/2 (Equa tion 16-16)
D + L + S + E/1.4 (Equa tion 16-17)
0.9D + E/1.4 (Equa tion 16-18)
Ex cep tions:
1. Crane hook loads need not be com bined with roof
live load or with more than three-fourths of the
snow load or one-half of the wind load.
2. Flat roof snow loads of 30 pounds per square foot
(1.44 kN/m 2 ) or less need not be com bined with
seis mic loads. Where flat roof snow loads ex ceed
30 psf (1.44 kN/m 2 ), 20 per cent shall be com bined
with seis mic loads.
1605.3.2.1 Other loads. Where F, H, P or T are to be con -
sid ered in de sign, 1.0 times each ap pli ca ble load shall be
added to the com bi na tions spec i fied in Sec tion 1605.3.2.
1605.4 Spe cial seis mic load com bi na tions. For both allow -
able stress design and strength design meth ods, where spe cif i -
cally required by Sec tions 1613 through 1622 or by Chap ters
18 through 23, ele ments and com po nents shall be designed to
resist the forces cal cu lated using Equation 16-19 when the
effects of the seis mic ground motion are addi tive to grav ity
forces and those cal cu lated using Equation 16-20 when the
effects of the seis mic ground motion coun ter act grav ity forces.
1.2D + f 1L + E m (Equa tion 16-19)
0.9D + E m
where:
(Equa tion 16-20)
E m = The max i mum ef fect of hor i zon tal and ver ti cal forces
as set forth in Sec tion 1617.1.
f 1 = 1.0 for floors in places of pub lic as sem bly, for live
loads in ex cess of 100 psf (4.79 kN/m 2 ) and for park -
ing ga rage live load.
f 1 = 0.5 for other live loads.
1605.5 Heli ports and helistops. Heli port and helistop land ing
or touch down areas shall be designed for the fol low ing loads,
com bined in accor dance with Sec tion 1605:
1. Dead load, D, plus the gross weight of the he li cop ter,
D h, plus snow load, S.
2. Dead load, D, plus two sin gle con cen trated im pact
loads, L, ap prox i mately 8 feet (2438 mm) apart ap -
plied any where on the touch down pad (rep re sent ing
each of the he li cop ter’s two main land ing gear,
whether skid type or wheeled type), hav ing a mag ni -
tude of 0.75 times the gross weight of the he li cop ter.
Both loads act ing to gether to tal 1.5 times the gross
weight of the he li cop ter.
3. Dead load, D, plus a uni form live load, L, of 100 psf
(4.79 kN/m 2 ).
SECTION 1606
DEAD LOADS
1606.1 Weights of mate ri als and con struc tion. In deter min -
ing dead loads for pur poses of design, the actual weights of
mate ri als and con struc tion shall be used. In the absence of def i -
nite infor ma tion, val ues used shall be sub ject to the approval of
the build ing offi cial.
1606.2 Weights of fixed ser vice equip ment. In deter min ing
dead loads for pur poses of design, the weight of fixed ser vice
equip ment, such as plumb ing stacks and ris ers, elec tri cal feed -
ers, heat ing, ven ti lat ing and air-con di tion ing sys tems (HVAC)
and fire sprin kler sys tems, shall be included.
SECTION 1607
LIVE LOADS
1607.1 Gen eral. Live loads are those loads defined in Sec tion
1602.1.
1607.2 Loads not spec i fied. For occu pan cies or uses not des ig -
nated in Table 1607.1, the live load shall be deter mined in
accor dance with a method approved by the build ing offi cial.
1607.3 Uni form live loads. The live loads used in the design of
build ings and other struc tures shall be the max i mum loads
expected by the intended use or occu pancy but shall in no case
be less than the min i mum uni formly dis trib uted unit loads
required by Table 1607.1.
1607.4 Con cen trated loads. Floors and other sim i lar sur faces
shall be designed to sup port the uni formly dis trib uted live loads
pre scribed in Sec tion 1607.3 or the con cen trated load, in
pounds (kilonewtons), given in Table 1607.1, which ever pro -
duces the greater load effects. Unless oth er wise spec i fied, the
indi cated con cen tra tion shall be assumed to be uni formly dis -
trib uted over an area 2.5 feet by 2.5 feet [6.25 ft 2 (0.58 m 2 )] and
shall be located so as to pro duce the max i mum load effects in
the struc tural mem bers.
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