dear friends,
what is the difference between floor load and plate load?Can't we use one of them as substitute of one another?if yes, in what case?
thanks in advance
yours truely
Hi Govinda,
Floor load is typically used to account for the loading on the floor and to distribute it to the supporting beams even when the floor is not modeled as part of the structure using plates. In other words if the intent is to consider the load due to the floor without the floor being a part of the model, one would use this feature. Plate loads on the other hand can be applied to simulate the same loading but for that you have to have the plates modeled as part of the structure.
Thanks,
Sye
Hi Sye, My apology for extending this old thread a bit. I am facing the same confusion right now and i decided to ask it here rather than posting a another similar topic. My situation is, i modeled the plates and considered two types of loading: first, plate load which is uniformly distributed along its perimeter beams and secondly, floor load (two-way) which is distributed based on tributary area(triangular & trapezoidal). The result is quite different, on the first loading all members passed whereas in the second, some beams connected to the plate fails, definitely because of the loading distribution. Can i model the plates and at the same time use floor loading to be more conservative? Am i correct in my perception that floor loads are more conservative than plate loads? Thank you so much for your time, M.mac
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