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Are you struggling to understand how to calculate and apply loads on buildings according to Eurocode?
In this e-book, you learn the step-by-step processes of calculating the snow, live, dead, wind and imperfection load and the earth pressure.
Here's what's inside the e-book
Loads on Residential Buildings includes the load calculation of all loads that a typical residential building needs to be designed for (according to Eurocode)
Dead load
Calculation of the dead load of structural and non-structural (horizontal and vertical) elements based on densities. We are defining the dead load of all horizontal elements such as the roof and the floors, but also vertical elements like walls. To every calculated area load, we added a 3D visualization showing how you apply the load to the structure.
Live load
You’ll learn where you find the correct live load values in Eurocode and how you apply the live load on roofs, floors and staircases.
Wind Load
- Calculation of the peak velocity pressure
- Vertical wind load on pitched and flat roofs: Calculation and 3D visuals that show how to apply the different wind load areas to the roof
- Horizontal wind load on walls: Calculation and 3D visuals
Snow load
Learn how to calculate and apply the snow load on pitched and abutted roofs.
Earth pressure
You’ll learn how the earth pressure is calculated. This is something you always need to do for basement walls.
Imperfection load
No structure is 100% as we calculate it. To account for these deviations of the geometry, we use imperfection loads, which are horizontal loads that we add to wind loads.
Bonus: ULS & SLS load combinations
Structural elements like reinforced concrete beams or timber columns are verified with design loads calculated with load combinations. Over the years, I’ve met many students who know how to calculate load, but when it comes load combinations they are lost. That’s why you’ll find a dedicated section about load combinations in the book.
Why are Loads so Important in Structural Engineering?
Without knowing the loads that act on a structural element like a reinforced concrete beam or timber column you can’t verify the element and make sure it’s big enough.
The reason why I created Loads on Residential Buildings
The first thing you need to do before designing and verifying your structure and structural elements is always calculating the loads acting on your building.
The whole point of structural engineering is to make sure your structure doesn’t fail for the actions (=loads) acting on it.
So it’s crucial that you calculate the loads correctly and don’t forget one.
Any calculation mistake could lead to a collapse of the building.
The problem is – that we learn a lot about static systems, internal force calculation, reinforced concrete beam design, timber connection design, dynamics. But most universities don’t have a course about loads.
In design classes (concrete, steel and timber design classes) the loads are often given.
I had such a hard time understanding loads when I was still in uni. And I spent tens – maybe even hundreds of hours reading through the different Eurocodes to teach myself.
In uni, I saw many of my friends struggling to understand which load you have to apply in which direction and how to calculate it.
In the last years I designed many buildings and structures in my job as a structural engineer.
With this experience, I am very confident in my load calculation today and able to teach you.
That’s why I decided to write a book about it in the most practical way possible to share my knowledge because:
