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BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS
MANAK BHAVAN, 9 BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR MARG
NEW DELHI 110002
Gr 8 March 1989
IS : 875 ( Part 2 ) - 1987
.I
Indian Standard
CODEOFPRACTICEFOR
DESIGNLOADS(OTHERTHANEARTHQUAKE)
FORBUILDINGSANDSTRUCTURES
PART 2 IMPOSED LOADS
(Second Rev’sion)
0 Copyright 1989
BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS
This publication is protected under the Indian Cop.vright Act ( XIV of 1957) and reproduction in whole or
in part by any means except with written permission of the publisher shall be deemed to be an infringement
of copyright under the said Act.
IS : 875 ( Part 2 ) - 1987
( Continuedfrom page 1 )
Members Representing
SHRI M. C. SHARMA India Meteorological Department, New Delhi
SHRI K. S. SRINIVASAN National Buildings Organization, New Delhi
SHRI A. K. LAL ( Alternate )
S HRI SUSHJL KLIMAR National Building Construction Corporation, Limited,
New Delhi
SHRI G. RAMAN, Director General, BIS ( Ex-officio Member )
Director ( Civ Engg )
Secretary
S HRI
B. R. NARAYANAPPA
Deputy Director ( Civ Engg ), BIS
CONTENTS
Page
0. FOREWORD ... *.. ... ... ... 4
1. SCOPE ... ... ... ... ... 5
2. TERMINOLOGY ... ... ... ... ... 5
3. IMPOSED LOADS ON FLOORS D UE TO USE AND O CCUPANCY ... ... 6
3.1 Imposed Loads ... ... ... ... 6
3.1.1 Load Application ... ... ... .., 12
3.1.2 Loads Due to Partitions ... ... ... ... 12
3.2 Reduction in Imposed Loads on Floors ... ... ... 12
3.3 Posting of Floor Capacities ... ... ... ... 13
4. IMPOSED LOADS ON ROOFS ... ... ... .,. 13
4.1 Imposed Loads on Various Types of Roofs ... ... ... 13
4.2 Concentrated Load on Roof Coverings ... ... ... 13
4.3 Loads Due to Rain ... ... ... ... 13
4.4 Dust Load ... ... ... ... 13
4.5 Loads on Members Supporting Roof Coverings ... .,. 13
5. IMPOSED HORIZONTAL LOADS ON PARAPETS AND BALUSTRADES ... ... 13
6. LOADING EFFECTS DUE TO IMPACT AND VIBRATION ... ... 14
6.1 Impact Allowance for Lifts, Hoists and Machinery ... .I 14
6.2 Concentrated Imposed Loads with Impact and Vibration .,* . . . 15
6.3 Impact Allowances for Crane Girders ... ... . . . 15
6.4 Crane Load Combinations ... ... ... . . . 16
7. OTHER LOADS ... ... ... f.. . . .
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APPENDIX A ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE SHOWING REDUCTION OF UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTED 17
IMPOSED F LOOR L OADS IN M U L T I- STOREYED B UILDINGS FOR D ESIGN OF
C OLUMNS
IS : 875 ( Part 2 ) - 1987
Indian Standard
CODE OF PRACTICE FOR
DESIGN LOADS (OTHER THAN EARTHQUAKE)
FOR BUILDINGS AND STtiUCTURES
PART 2 IMPOSED LOADS
(Second Revision)
0. FOR E W O R D
0.1 This Indian Standard ( Part 2 ) ( Second 0.3.1 With the increased adoption of the Code,
Revision ) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian a number of comments were received on the pro-
Standards on 31 August 1987. after the draft visions on live load values adopted for different
finalized by the Structural Safety Sectional Com- occupancies. Simultaneously live load surveys
mittee had been approved by the Buildmg Divi- have been carried out in America and Canada to
sion Council. arrive at realistic live loads based on actual deter-
0.2 A building has to perform many functions mination of loading ( movable and immovable )
satisfactorily. Amongst these functions are the in different occupancies. Keeping this in view
utility of the building for the intended use and other developments in the field of wind
and occupancy, structural safety, fire safety; engineering, the Sectional Committee responsible
and compliance with hygienic, sanitation, venti- for the preparation of the Code has decided to
lation and day light standards. The design of prepare the second revision of IS : 875 in the
the building is dependent upon the minimum following five parts :
requirements prescribed for each of the above Part 1 Dead loads
functions. The minimum requirements pertaining Part 2 Imposed loads
to the structural safety of buildings are being
covered in this Code by way of laying down Part 3 Wind loads
minimum design loads which have to be assumed Part 4 Snow loads
for dead loads, imposed loads, snow loads and Part 5 Special loads and load combinations
other external loads, the structure would be
required to bear. Strict conformity to loading Earthquake load is covered in a separate
standards recommended in this Code, it is hoped, standard, namely IS : 1893-1984* which should
will not only ensure the structural safety of the be considered along with above loads.
buildings which are being designed and construct- 0.3.2 This Code ( Part 2 ) deals with imposed
ed in the country and thereby reduce the hazards loads on buildings produced by the intended
to life and property caused by unsafe structures, occupancy or use. In this revision, the following
but also eliminate the wastage caused by assuming importalit changes have been made:
unnecessarily heavy loadings. a) The use of the term ‘live load’ has been
0.3 This Code was first published in 1957 for the modified to ‘imposed load’ to cover not
guidance of civil engineers, designers and archi- only the physical contribution due to
tects associated with the planning and design of persons but also due to nature of occu-
buildings. It included the provisions for the basic pancy, the furniture and other equipments
design loads ( dead loads, live loads, wind loads which are a part of the character of the
and seismic loads ) to be assumed in the design occupancy.
of buildings. In its firs! revision in 1964, the b) The imposed loads on floors and roofs
wind pressure provisions were modified on the have been rationalized based on the
basis of studies of wind phenomenon and its codified data available in large number
effects on structures, undertaken by the special of latest foreign national standards, and
committee in consultation with the Indian other literature. Further, these values
Meteorological Department. In addition to this, have been spelt out for the major occu-
new clauses on wind loads for butterfly type pancies as classified in the National
structures were included; wind ,pressure coeffi- Building Code of India as well as the
cients for sheeted roofs, both curved and sloping, various service areas appended to the major
were modified; seismic load provisions were delet- occupancies.
ed ( separate code having been prepared ) and
metric system of weights and measurements was *Criteria for earthquake resistant design of structures
adopted. (fourth revision ).
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C) The reduction of imposed loads for the prevailing practices in regard to loading
design of vertical supporting members standards followed in this country by the various
in multi-storeyed b u i l d i n g s h a s b e e n municipal authorities and has also taken note of
further increased from 40 to 50 percent. the developments in a number of countries abroad.
4 Provision has been included for sign In the preparation of this Code, the following
posting of loads on floors in view of national standards have been examined :
the different loadings specified. for a) BS 6399 : Part 1 : 1984 Design Loading for
different occupancies and to avoid possi- Buildings Part I: Code of Practice for
ble misuse in view of conversion of Dead and Imposed Loads. British Stand-
occupancies. ards Institution.
e) The value of loads on parapets and
b) AS : 1170, Part 1-1983 - SAA Loading
balustrades have been revised with its
effect taken both in the horizontal and Code, Part I Dead and Live Loads.
vertical directions. Australian Standards Institution.
f> In the design of dwelling units planned c) NZS 4203-1976 New Zealand Standard
and executed in accordance with General Structural Design and Design
IS : 8888-1979*, an imposed load of 1.5 Loading for Building. Standards Associa-
kN/m* is allowed. tion of New Zealand.
g> SI Units have been used in the Code. d) ANSI. A 58.1 - 1982American Standard
Building Code Requirements for Minimum
0.3.3 The buildings and structural systems shall Design Loads in Buildings and Other
provide such structural integrity that the hazards Structures.
associated with progressive collapse such as that
due to local failure caused by severe overloads or e) National Building Code of Canada ( 1977 )
abnormal loads not specifically covered therein Supplement No. 4. Canadian Structural
are reduced to a level consistent with good Design Manual.
engineering practice.
f ) DIN 1055 Sheet 3 - 1971 Design Loads
0.3.4 Whenever buildings are designed for future for Buildings - Live Load ( West German
additions of floor at a later date, the number of Loading Standards ).
storeys for which columns/walls, foundations, etc,
have been structurally designed may be posted in !?I IS0 2103-1986 Loads due to use and
a conspicuous place similar to posting of floor occupancy in residential and public build-
capacities and both could be placed together. ings.
0.4 The Sectional Committee responsible for the h) IS0 2633-1974 Determination of Impos-
preparation of this Code has taken into account ed Floor Loads in Production Buildings
- - and Warehouses. lnternational Organiza-
*Guide for requirements of low income housing. tion for Standardization.
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marriage halls, town halls, auditoria, exhibition provided for normal residential purposes with or
halls, museums, skating rinks, gymnasiums, without cooking or dining or both facilities
restaurants ( also used as assembly halls ), places ( except buildings under 2.2.5). It includes one
of worship, dance halls, club rooms, passenger multi-family dwellings, apartment houses
stations and terminals of air, surface and other phats ), lodging or rooming houses, restaurants,
public transportation services, recreation piers hostels, dormitories and residential hotels.
and stadia, etc.
2.2.7.1 Dwellings - These shall include any
2.2.2 Business Buildings - These shall include building or. p;i:t occupied by members of single/
any building or part of a building, which is used for multi-family units with independent cooking
transaction of business ( other than that covered facilities. These shall also include apartment
by 2.2.6 ); for the keeping of accounts and records houses ( flats ).
for similar purposes; offices, banks, professional
establishments, court houses, and libraries shall 2.2.8 Storage Buildings - These shall include
be classified in this group so far as principal func- any building or part of a building used primarily
tion of these is transaction of public business for the storage or sheltering of goods, wares or
and the keeping of books and records. merchandize, like warehouses, cold storages,
freight depots, transity sheds, store houses, gara-
2.2.2.1 Ofice buildings - The buildings ges, hangers, truck terminals, grain elevators,
primarily to be used as an office or for office pur- barns and stables.
poses; ‘office purposes’ include the purpose of
administration, clerical work, handling money, 3. IMPOSED LOADS ON FLOORS DUE TO
telephone and telegraph operating and operating USE AND OCCUPANCY
computers, calculating machines; ‘clerical work’
includes writing, book-keeping, sorting papers, 3.1 Imposed Loads - The imposed loads to be
typing, filing, duplicating, punching cards or assumed in the design of buildings shall be the
tapes, drawing of matter for publication and the greatest loads that probably will be produced by
editorial preparation of matter for publication. the intended use or occupancy, but shall not be
less than the equivalent minimum loads specified
2.2.3 Educational Buildings - These shall in Table 1 subject to any reductions permitted
include any building used for school, college or
day-care purposes involving assembly for instruc- by 3.2.
tion, education or recreation and which is not Floors shall be investigated for both the
covered by 2.2.1. uniformly distributed load ( UDL ) and the cor-
responding concentrated load specified in Table 1
2.2.4 Industrial Buildings - These shall include and designed For the most adverse effects but
any building or a part of a building or structure in they shall not be considered to act simultaneously.
which products or materials of various kinds and The concentrated loads specified in Table 1 may
properties are fabricated, assembled or processed be assumed to act over an area of 0.3 x 0.3 m.
like assembly plants, power plants, refineries, gas
p!ants, mills, dairies, factories, workshops, etc. However, the concentrated loads need not
be considered where the floors are capable of
2.2.5 Institutional Buildings - These shall include effective lateral distribution of this load.
any building or a part thereof, which isused for All other structural elements shall be investi-
purposes, such as medical or other treatment in gated for the effects of uniformly distributed loads
case of persons suffering from physical and mental on the floors specified in Table 1.
illness, disease or infirmity; care of infants, con-
valescents of aged persons and for penal or cor- N OTE 1 - Where in Table 1, no values are given for
rectional detention in which the liberty of the concentrated load, it may be assumed that the tabula-
inmates is restricted. Institutional buildings ted distributed load is adequate for design purposes.
ordinarily provide’ sleeping accommodation for N OTE 2 - The loads specified in Table I are equiva-
the occupants. It includes hospitals, sanitoria, lent uniformly distributed loads on the plan area and
custodial institutions or penal institutions like provide for normal effect of impact and acceleration.
They do not take into consideration special concentra-
jails, prisons and reformatories. ted loads and other loads.
2.2.6 Mercantile Buildings -These shall include N OTE 3 - Where the use of an area or floor is not
any building or a part of a building which is used provided in Table 1, the imposed load due to the use
and occupancy of such an area shall be determined
as shops, stores, market for display and sale of from the analysis of loads resulting from:
merchandise either wholesale or retail. Office,
storage and service facilities incidental to the sale a! weight of the probable assembly of persons;
of merchandise and located in the same building b) weight of the probable accumulation of equipment
shall be included under this group. and furnishing;
2.2.7 Residential Buildings - These shall include 4 weight of the probable storage materials; and
any building in which sleeping accommodation is 4 impact factor, if any.
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i ) RESIDENTIAL BUILDINS
a) Dwelling houses:
1) All rooms and kitchens 2’0 1’8
2) Toilet and bath rooms 2’0 -
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Storage rooms ( other than cold 2.4 kN/m* per each 7.0
storage ) warehouses - to be calcu- metre of storage height
lated based on the bulk density of with a minimum of
materials stored but not less than 7.5 kN/ma
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N OTE 4 - While selecting a particular loading, the weight per metre run of finished partitions,
possible change in use or occupancy of the building subject to a minimum of 1 kN/m2, provided total
should be kept in view. Designers should not neces-
sarily select in every case the lower loading appropriate weight of partition walls per square metre of the
to the first occupancy. In doing this, they might intro- wall area does not exceed 1.5 kN/m2 and the
duce considerable restrictions in the use of the build- total weight per metre length is not greater than
ing at a later date and thereby reduce its utility. 4.0 kN.
N OTE 5 - The loads specified herein which are
based on estimations, may be considered as the 3.2 Reduction in Imposed Loads on Floors
characteristic loads for the purpose of limit state
method of design till such time statistical data are 3.2.1 For Floor Supporting Structuraal Members -
established based on load surveys to be conducted in Except as provided for in 3.2.1.1, the following
the country.
reductions in assumed total imposed loads on
N OTE 6 - When an existing building is altered by floors may be made in designing columns, load
an extension in height or area, all existing structural bearing walls, piers, their supports and founda-
parts affected by the addition shall be strengthened,
where necessary, and all new structural parts shall be tions.
designed to meet the requirements for building there-
after erected. Number of Floors ( In&d- Reduction in Total
N OTE 7 - The loads specified in the Code does not ing the Roof) to be Carried Distributed Imposed
include loads incidental to construction. Therefore, by Member under Load on all Floors to
close supervision during construction is essential to Consideration
eusure that overloading of the building due to loads be Carried by the
by way of stacking of building materials or use of Member under
equipment ( for example, cranes and trucks ) during Consideration
construction or loads which may be induced by floor to ( Percent )
floor propping in multi-storeyed construction. does not
occur. However: if construction loads were of short
duration, permissible increase in stresses in the case of 1 0
working stress method or permissible decrease in load 2 10
factors in limit state method, as applicable to relevant
design codes, may be allowed for. 3 20
N OTE 8 - The loads in Table 1 are grouped together 4 30
as applicable to buildings having separate principal
occupancy or use. For a building with multiple occu- 5 to 10 40
pancies, the loads appropriate to the occupancy with Over 10 50
comparable use shall be chosen from other occupancies.
N OTE 9 -- Regarding loading on machine rooms
inc!uding storage space used for repairing lift 3.2.1.1 NO reduction shall be made for any
machines, designers should go by the recommendations plant or machinery which is specifically allowed
of lift manufacturers for the present. Regarding the for, or in buildings for storage purposes, ware-
loading due to false ceiling the same should be con-
sidered as an imposed load on the roof/floor to which houses and garages. However, for other buildings
it is fixed. where the floor is designed for an imposed floor
load of 5.0 kN/m” or more, the reductions shown
3.1.1 Load Application - The uniformly distri- in 3.2.1 may be taken, provided that the loading
buted loads specified in Table 1 shall be applied assumed is not less than it would have been if all
as static loads over the entire floor area under the floors had been designed for 5.0 kNjmZ with
consideration or a portion of the floor area which- no reductions.
ever arrangement produces critical effects on the
structural elements as provided in respective N OTE -In case if the reduced load in the lower
design codes. floor is lesser than the reduced load in the upper floor,
then the reduced load of the upper floor will be
In the design of floors, the concentrated loads adopted.
are considered to be applied in the positions which
produce the maximum stresses and where deflec- 3.2.1.2 An example is given in Appendix A
tion is the main criterion, in the positions which illustrating the reduction of imposed loads in a
produce the maximum deflections Concentrated multi-storeyed building in the design of column
load, when used for the calculation of bending and members.
shear are assumed to act at a point. When used
for the calculation of local effects, such as crush- 3.2.2 For Reams in Each Floor Level - Where
ing or punching, they are assumed to act over an a single span of beam, girder or truss supports
actual area of application of 0.3 x 0.3 m. not less than 50 m2 of floor at one general level,
the imposed floor load may be reduced in the
3.1.2 Loads Due to Light Partitions - In office design of the beams, girders or trusses by 5 per-
and other buildings where actual loads due to cent for each 50 ma area supported subject to a
light partitions cannot be assessed at the time of maximum reduction of 25 percent. However, no
planning, the floors and the supporting structural reduction shall be made in any of the following
members shall be designed to carry, in addition to types of loads:
other loads, a uniformly distributed load per
square metre of not less than 339 percent of a) Any superimposed moving load,
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b) Any actual load due to machinery or where it is ensured that the roof coverings would
similar concentrated loads, not be transversed without suitable aids. In any
case, the roof coverings shall be capable of carry-
c) The additional load in respect of partition ing the loads in accordance with 4.1,4.3, 4.4 and
walls, and snow load/wind load.
4 Any impact or vibration. 4.3 Loads Doe to Rain - On surfaces whose posi-
N OTE - The above reduction does not apply to tioning, shape and drainage systems are such as to
beams, girders or trusses supporting roof loads. make accumulation of rain water possible! loads
due to such accumulation of water and the Impos-
3.3 Posting of Floor Capacities - Where a floor ed loads for the roof as given in Table 2 shall be
or part of a floor of a building has been designed considered separately and the more critical of the .
to sustain a uniformly distributed load exceeding two shall be adopted in the design.
3.0 kN/m2 and in assembly, business, mercantile,
industrial or storage buildmgs, a permanent notice 4.4 Dust Load - Jn areas prone to settlement
in the form as shown in the label, indicating of dust on roofs ( example, steel plants, cement
the actual uniformly distributed and/or concentrat- plants ), provision for dust load equivalent to
ed loadings for which the floor has been structu- probable thickness of accumulation of dust may
rally designed shall be posted in a conspicuous be made.
place in a position adjacent to such floor or on
such part of a floor. 4.5 Loads on Members Supporting Roof Cover-
ings - Every m e m b e r o f t h e supporting
structure which is directly supporting the roof
covering(s) shall be designed to carry the more
DESIGNED IMPOSED FLOOR LOADING severe of the following loads except as provided
in 4.5.1 :
DISTRIBUTED. . . . . . . . . . . ..kN/mZ
a) The load transmitted to the members
CONCENTRATED, . . . . kN from the roof covering(s) in accordance
with 4.1, 4.3 and 4.4; and
b) An incidental concentrated load of 0.90
L-ABEL INDICATING D ESIGNED I MPOSED F L O O R kN concentrated over a length of 12.5 cm
LOADING placed at the most unfavourable positions
on the member.
N OTE 1 - The lettering of such notice shall be
embossed or cast suitably on a tablet whose least N OTE - Where it is ensured that the roofs would be
dimension shall be not less than 0’25 m and located not traversed only with the aid of planks and ladders cap-
less than 1.5 m above floor level with lettering of a able of distributing the loads on them to Iwo or more
minimum size of 25 mm. supporting members, the intensity of concentrated
load indicated in (b) may be reduced to 0.5 kN with
N OTE 2 - If a concentrated load or a bulk load has the approval of the Engineer-in-Charge.
to occupy a definite position on the floor, the same
could also be indicated in the label above. 4.5.1 In case of sloping roofs with slope greater
t h a n lo”, members supporting the roof purlins,
4. IMPOSED LOADS ON ROOFS such as trusses, beams, girders, etc, may be desig-
ned for two-thirds of the imposed load on purlins
4.1 Imposed Loads on Various Types of Roofs - or roofing sheets.
On flat roofs, sloping roofs and curved roofs, the
imposed loads due to use or occupancy of the 5. IMPOSED HORIZONTAL LOADS ON
buildings and the geometry of the types of roofs PARAPETS AND BALUSTRADES
shall be as given in Table 2.
5.1 Parapets, Parapet Walls and Balustrades -
4.1.1 Roofs of buildings used for promenade or Parapets, parapet walls and balustrades together
ir.cidental to assembly purposes shall be designed with the members which give them structural
for the appropriate imposed floor loads given ih support shall be designed for the minimum loads
Table 1 for the occupancy. given in Table 3. These are expressed as horizon-
tal forces acting at handrail or coping level. These
4.2 Concentrated Load on Roof Coverings - To loads shall be considered to act vertically also but
provide for loads Incidental to maintenance, unless net simultaneously with the horizontal forces.
otherwise, specified by the Engineer-in-Charge, all The values given in Table 3 are minimum values
roof coverings ( other than glass or transparent and where values for actual loadings are available,
sheets made of fibre glass ) shall be capable of they shall be used instead.
carrying an incidental load of 0.90 kN concen-
trated on an area of 12.5 cm* so placed as to fire- 5.2 Grandstands and the Like-Grandstands,
duce maximum stresses in the covering, The stadia, assembly platforms, reviewing stands and
intensity of the concentrated load may be reduced the like shall be designed to resist a horizontal
with the approval of the Engineer-in-Charge, force applied to seats of 0.35 kN per linear metre
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along the line of seats and O-15 kN per linear factors, lateral and longitudinal braking forces
metre perpendicular to the line of the seats. acting across and along the crane rails
These loadings need not be applied simultaneously. respectively.
Platforms without seats shall be designed to resist
a minimum horizontal force of O-25 kN/m’ of 6.1 Impact Allowance for Lifts, Hoists and Machi-
plan area. nery - The imposed loads specified in 3.1 shall be
assumed to include adequate allowance for ordi-
6. LOADING EFFECTS DUE TO IMPACT nary impact conditions. However, for structures
AND VIBRATION carrying loads which induce impact or vibration,
6.0 The crane loads to be considered under impos- as far as possible, calculations shall be made for
ed loads shall include the vertical loads, eccentri- increase in the imposed load, due to impact or
city effects induced by vertical loads, impact vibration. In the absence of sufficient data for
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(2) (3)
Light access stairs-gangways and the like not 0.25
more than 600 mm wide
ii) Light access stairs. gangways and the 0.35
like, more than 600 mm wide: stairways,
landings, balconies and parapet walls
( private and part of dwellings )
iii) All other stairways, landings and balco- 0.75
nies, and all parapets and handrails to
roofs except those subject to overcrow-
ding covered under ( iv )
iv) Parapets and balustrades in place of 2’25
assembly, such as theatres, cinemas,
churches, schools, places of entertain-
ment. sports, buildings likely to be over-
crowded
NOTE - In the case of guard parapets on a floor of multi-storeyed car park or crash barriers provided in
certain buildings for fire escape, the value of imposed horizontal load ( together with impact load ) may be
determined.
such calculation, the increase in the imposed loads 6.2 Concentrated Imoosed Loads with Imuact and
shall be as follows: Vibration - Concentrated imposed loads with
impact and vibration which may be due to instal-
Structures Impact led machinery shall be considered and provided
Allowance for in the design. The impact factor shall not be
Min less than 20 percent which is the amount allow-
For frames supporting lifts 100 percen able for light machinery.
and hoists
For foundations, footings 40 percent 6.2.1 Provision shall also be made for carrying
and piers supporting lifts any concentrated equipment loads whiIe the
and hoisting apparatus equipment is being installed or moved for servic-
For supporting structures 20 percent mg and repairing.
and foundations for light
machinery, shaft or motor 6.3 Impact Allowances for Crane Girders - For
units crane gantry girders and supporting columns, the
For supporting structures 50 percent following allowances shall be deemed to cover all
and foundations for reci- forces set up by vibration, shock from slipping or
procating machinery or slings, kinetic action of acceleration, and retarda-
power units tion and impact of wheel loads :
a) Vertical loads for electric overhead cranes 25 percent of maximum static loads for
crane girders for all classes of cranes
25 percent for columns supporting Class
IJI and Class IV cranes
10 percent for columns supporting Class I
and Class II cranes
No additional load for design of founda-
tions
b) Vertical loads for hand operated cranes 10 percent of maximum wheel loads for
crane girders only
(Continued)
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7.2 Wind Load -- The wind load on buildings/ 7.1 Special Loads and Load Combinations-
structures shall be in accordance with IS : S75 Special loads and load combinations shall be i n
( Part 3 )-1988. accordance with 1s : 875 ( Part 5 )-1988.
7.3 Seismic I;;;;t dfeismic load on buildings/ *Criteria for eartnquake resistant design of structures
structures , in accordance with ( fc;ur/h revision ).
APPENDIX A
( Clause 3.2.1.2 )
A-l. ‘I he total imposed loads from different floor Floor loads do.not exceed 5-O kN/m’.
levels ( including the roof) coming on the central
column of a multi-storeved building ( with mixed A-l.1 Applying reduction coefficients in accor-
occupancy ) is shown in Fig. I. Calculate the dance with 3.2.1, total reduced floor loads on the
reduced imposed load for the design of column column at different levels is indicated along with
members at different floor levels as given in 3.2.1. Fig. 1.
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( 30 + 40 t- 50 ) (1 - 0.2 ) = 96
(30$4O$50$50)(1-Oo’3)=119
( 3F2Z- 4O + 50 + 50 t 40 ) ( 1 - 0 4 ) =
(3~~50+50+50+40+45)(1-o~4)
( 30 + 40 + 50 + 50 c 40 + 45 + 50 )
( l - 0 . 4 ) = 183
( 30 + 40 + 50 + 50 + 40 f 45 + 50 t so)
( i -- 0.4) = 213
( 30 + 40 $- 50 + 50 + 40 + 45 + 50 + 50
+ 40 ) ( 1 - 0.4 ) = 237
( 30 + 40 + 50 + 50 + 40 + 45 + 50 + 50
+ 40 -+ 40 ) ( 1 - 0.4:) = 261
(30+40+5O+50+40+45+50+50
+40+40+40)(1-O.5)=237’5<
261
:. adopt 261 for design
(30+40+50+50+40+45+50+50
-t40+40+40+55) ( l - 0 5 ) = 2 6 5
( 30 + 40 + 50 + 50 + 40 + 45 + 50 + 50
H02-y0+40+55+55)(1-O~5)
( 30 + 40 + 50 t 50 + 40 + 45 I- 50 t 50
-I- 40 + 40 + 40 + 55 + 55 + 70 )
( 1 -05 ) = 327.5
( 30 + 40 + 50 t 50 + 40 + 45 + 50 + 50
+40+40-t-40+55+55+70+80)
( 1 - 0.5 ) - 367’5
F:G. 1 LOADING D E T A I L S
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