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Car parking live load on concrete floors..Including Impact and on Ramps as per ACI? ?

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Farru031

Sir..Is any one aware about the strong reference in ACI showing that live load mentioned in codes is including the impact loads of car vehicle too..I. e., 2 kpa

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    b-Floors in garages or portions of a building used for the storage of motor vehicles shall be designed for the uniformly
    distributed live loads of Table 6.2.3 or the following concentrated load: (1) for garages restricted to passenger vehicles
    accommodating not more than nine passengers, 13.35 kN acting on an area of 114 mm by 114 mm footprint of a jack; and
    (2) for mechanical parking structures without slab or deck that are used for storing passenger car only, 10 kN per wheel.
    c– Garages accommodating trucks and buses shall be designed in accordance with an approved method, which contains
    provisions for truck and bus loading.

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