RAM Concept Help

IS 875 (Part 2) live load factors

It is recommended that, in order to get the appropriate factors, you draw:

  • car park loads on a Live (Storage) layer
  • assembly loads on a Live (Unreducible) layer
  • storage loads on a Live (Storage) layer if you would like their effects to be reducible for beams (only), and on a Live (Unreducible) layer if you do not want their effects to be reduced for any member.
Note: If you draw car park loads on a Live (Storage) layer, however, RAM Concept applies a (conservative) load factor of 2.76 in the LT Uncracked Deflection LC.