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Definition of Dead load
1. Noun. A constant load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) due to the weight of the supported structure itself.
Definition of Dead load
1. Noun. (context: construction) The weight of a structure itself, including the weight of fixtures or equipment permanently attached to it. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Dead Load
Literary usage of Dead load
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"D. Without motion ; quiescent, as a more or less stationary load as distinguished
from the load due to persons or movable furniture. (See dead load. ..."
2. Structural Engineers' Handbook: Data for the Design and Construction of by Milo Smith Ketchum (1914)
"dead load STRESSES IN A PETIT TRUSS BY GRAPHIC RESOLUTION. (b) Methods.—The loads
beginning with the first load on the left are laid off from the top ..."
3. Proceedings by American Society of Civil Engineers (1904)
"The point to be brought out is this: A suspension bridge takes a fixed position
from its dead load. The amount of distortion caused by bringing on a live ..."
4. The Theory and Practice of Modern Framed Structures, Designed for the Use of by John Butler Johnson, Charles Walter Bryan, Frederick Eugene Turneaure, William Spaulding Kinne (1916)
"(2) dead load and wind load. (3) dead load, wind load, and one-half snow load.
... Dead-Load Stresses.—The dead panel load is made up of the weight of the ..."
5. The Design of Steel Mill Buildings and the Calculation of Stresses in Framed by Milo Smith Ketchum (1921)
"The stresses due to the dead load in the trusses of a transverse bent are ...
The stresses in the supporting columns are due to the dead load of the roof ..."
6. Structural Engineers' Handbook: Data for the Design and Construction of by Milo Smith Ketchum (1918)
"The minimum chord stresses are the dead load chord stresses. ... The minimum web
stresses are equal to the algebraic sum of the dead load stresses and the ..."
7. A Text-book on Roofs and Bridges by Mansfield Merriman, Henry Sylvester Jacoby (1904)
"dead load STRESSES. The principle of the force polygon used in the last ...
By the formula in Art. 27 the dead load per linear foot of bridge is found to be ..."
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