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<strong>Steel</strong> <strong>Designers</strong>' <strong>Manual</strong> - 6th Edition (2003)<br />

114 Industrial steelwork<br />

3.3 Loading<br />

3.3.1 General<br />

w uniformly distributed horizontal load<br />

id I<br />

initial: distribute loading by geometry<br />

0.35w 0.35w<br />

0.0875w O.0875w<br />

0.125w<br />

accurate: stiff bracing attracts majority of loading<br />

vertical bracing (VB)<br />

MV moment frame<br />

(assume VB has 4 x stiffness of MV)<br />

Fig. 3.10 Apportioning horizontal loads to vertical stiff elements<br />

Two difficulties exist in defining the appropriate loadings on industrial buildings.<br />

First, the actual weight, and particularly the details of the position and method of<br />

load application, of items of plant or equipment must be established. Even for<br />

routine or replicated plant this information is difficult to obtain in a form that suits<br />

the structural engineer. When the plant or equipment is being custom-built then the<br />

problem becomes one of timing: information from the plant designer may not be<br />

available early enough for the structural design.<br />

The second difficulty that frequently occurs is in the choice of a general, uniformly<br />

distributed imposed loading for any remaining floor areas not occupied by items of<br />

plant or equipment. Guidance from codes of practice must be used carefully when<br />

it is applied only to circulation spaces between all the fixed items of plant which are

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