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Load Takedown and Beam Calculations

The document provides steps for calculating load takedown and designing structural elements like slabs, beams, and columns. It involves drawing free body diagrams of the structural elements, calculating the unfactored dead and live loads, and determining the design loads by applying load factors. The key steps are to take the dead and live loads from the slab calculations for the secondary beams, and then from the secondary beams for the primary beams if they support the secondary beams. Design loads are then calculated by applying load factors to the unfactored loads.

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Load Takedown and Beam Calculations

The document provides steps for calculating load takedown and designing structural elements like slabs, beams, and columns. It involves drawing free body diagrams of the structural elements, calculating the unfactored dead and live loads, and determining the design loads by applying load factors. The key steps are to take the dead and live loads from the slab calculations for the secondary beams, and then from the secondary beams for the primary beams if they support the secondary beams. Design loads are then calculated by applying load factors to the unfactored loads.

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Load Takedown [Action on Element Method]:

- LTD Flow Chart:

- Action on Slab: Action on Secondary Slab:

Action on Columns: Action on Primary Beam:

- * Concretes Slabs exert their load on beams longitudinally (on their longer side):

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o Primary Beam, longitudinal (Edge of Building): LL → 2 Slab Area

o Primary Beam, transverse (Edge of Building): LL → 0


o Primary Beam, longitudinal (Internal):
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• LL → 2 /1 Slab Area (Depends) + Point Loads (Secondary Beam)
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o Secondary Beam, (Only Internal): LL → 2 /1 Slab Area (Depends)
Live Load & Dead Load Calculations:

Slab:

- Draw FBD of Slab’s Cross-section:


- Total Unfactored Loads (per meter strip):
o Dead Load:
o Live Load:
- Design Load (ULS):
o 𝑆𝑤 = 1.35𝐺𝑘 + 1.5𝑄𝑘 = _____________________________

= ________ kN/m

→ Eg of Slab FDB
Secondary Beam:

- Draw FDB of Secondary Beam (Longitudinal/Span):


- Total unfactored Loads:
o Dead Load:
▪ From Slab: (Take from Slab DL)

▪ Self-weight:
▪ Total Gk:
o Live Load:
▪ From Slab: (Take from Slab LL)

- Support Reaction, R (provided by Primary Beams):


o Dead Load part: Gk / 2:
o Live Load part: Qk / 2:

- Design Load for Beam (ULS):


o 𝑤 = 1.35𝐺𝑘 + 1.5𝑄𝑘 = ______________________________

= _________ kN/m

→ Eg of Secondary Beam FDB


Primary Beam:

- Draw FDB of Primary Beam (Longitudinal/Span):


- Total unfactored loads:
o Dead Load:
▪ From Slab: (Take from Slab DL)

▪ Self-weight:
▪ Total Gk:
o Live Load:
▪ Load from Slab: (Take from Slab DL)

- Point Loads (From Secondary Beam, only if Primary Beam supports Secondary Beam):
o Dead load part: (Take from Secondary Beam Support Reaction, R)

o Live load part: (Take from Secondary Beam Support Reaction, R)

- Support Reaction, R:
o Dead load part: Gk:

o Live load part: Qk:

- Design Load for Primary Beam:


o UDL: 𝑤 = 1.35𝐺𝑘 + 1.5𝑄𝑘 = ______________________________

= _________ kN/m

o Point Force: 𝑃 = 1.35𝐺𝑘,𝑝 + 1.5𝑄𝑘,𝑝 = ______________________________

= _________ kN/m
→ Eg of Primary Beam FDB

Load Takedown [Action on Element Method]: - LTD Flow Chart: - Action on Slab: Action on Secondar
Live Load & Dead Load Calculations: Slab: - Draw FBD of Slab’s Cross-section: - Total Unfactored Loads (per meter
Secondary Beam: - Draw FDB of Secondary Beam (Longitudinal/Span): - Total unfactored Loads: o Dead Load: ▪ From Slab: (
Primary Beam: - Draw FDB of Primary Beam (Longitudinal/Span): - Total unfactored loads: o Dead Load: ▪ From Slab: (Take
→ Eg of Primary Beam FDB

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