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Balance load

Balance load refers to the amount of uplift provided by the tendons. The industry has traditionally expressed this as a percentage of gravity loads.

SettingDescription
Min Balance Load Percentage: The percentage of the specified load balanced by tendons.
Balance Load Considers: Specifies the loadings that the balance loading is based upon. The choices are self-weight of concrete, self-weight plus "dead", or total load.