https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/f/ram-staad-forum/63157/joist-equivalent-load-calculationI am a new RAM Structural user, but was a joist engineer for over 10 years, and I am trying to figure out the nonuniform load calculation method for joists in Ram Structural. I have a case of dead+base snow+snow drift that I am checking, and the joisten-USTelligent Community 12https://communities.bentley.com/thread/156383?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 07 Jan 2011 21:30:48 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:af995aa6-07f5-4e49-9363-f5a7ac631b84Jason McCool<p>Yes, I had already read through that section, and the 1.6&quot; of reported total load deflection did match up with the equivalent total load, but that deflection is considerably higher than what I get hand-calcing it or checking it in Enercalc. So it seems to come back to a case of the equivalent total load being too high. I&#39;ll send it in. Thanks.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/156371?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 07 Jan 2011 20:49:50 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:6f7d78ca-3a90-4672-9ac7-d13d5be32ee2Eric Helmueller<p>The program also backs out a design load for deflection. &nbsp;Section 4.2.3 in the RAM Steel Beam manual discusses nonuniform loads. &nbsp;If you continue to have questions, please submit a service ticket online and include the model. &nbsp;We would be happy to replicate the calculation for you.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>