Design Live Loads for Classrooms in United States and Mexico
Publication: Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 123, Issue 12
Abstract
A live-load survey was performed on classrooms of several public schools in Mexico City. The results obtained were used in a probabilistic Monte Carlo analysis oriented to obtaining the distribution function of the maximum total live loads on classrooms for different areas and for a 100-year time interval. The exceedance probabilities of the values specified by the Federal District Mexican Building Code, RCDF-1993, and by ASCE7-1995 are calculated. The probabilities found for RCDF-1993 are excessively small. Based on this, a new design live load value is proposed for this code.
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Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 123 • Issue 12 • December 1997
Pages: 1652 - 1657
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Copyright © 1997 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Dec 1, 1997
Published in print: Dec 1997
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