Definition of Span loading

1. Noun. The ratio of the weight of an airplane to its wingspan.

Generic synonyms: Loading

Lexicographical Neighbors of Span Loading

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spamming
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spamvertiser
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spamvertising
spamvertize
spamvertizement
spamvertizements
span
span loading (current term)
spanaemia
spanaemic
spanakopita
spanakopitas
spancel
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spandex
spandexes
spandite
spandites

Literary usage of Span loading

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Plain and Reinforced Concrete Arches by Josef Melan (1915)
"The live load is assumed at the values p=2OO Ibs. per sq.ft. for full- span loading, #1=270 Ibs. per sq.ft. for half-span loading. ..."

2. Plain and Reinforced Concrete Arches by Josef Melan (1915)
"The live load is assumed at the values p=2oo Ibs. per sq.ft. for full- span loading, £1=270 Ibs. per sq.ft. for half-span loading. ..."

3. The Design of Highway Bridges and the Calculation of Stresses in Bridges Trusses by Milo Smith Ketchum (1908)
"... and cast iron in bridges of the " Peppard " type are approximately 40 per cent of the weight of steel bridges of the same span, loading and dimensions. ..."

4. Journal by Helicopter Association of Great Britain (1894)
"DISC INCIDENCE ZERO. The induced drag of an isolated rotor at zero incidence with the disc loading distribution shown in Fig. 2, where the span loading ..."

5. Simple Practical Methods of Calculating Strains on Girders, Arches, and by Edward William Young (1873)
"The span, loading of the girder, and position of the point of contrary flexure in the side span, are taken the same as in Diag. ..."

6. Simple Practical Methods of Calculating Strains on Girders, Arches, and by Edward William Young (1873)
"The span, loading of the girder, and position of the point of contrary flexure in the side span, are taken the same as in Diag. ..."

7. A Practical Treatise on Suspension Bridges: Their Design, Construction and by David Barnard Steinman (1922)
"In other words, the plus and minus areas in any shear influence diagram are equal; their algebraic sum must be zero, since full span loading produces no ..."

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