Loads As Per NSCP 2015
Loads As Per NSCP 2015
Loads As Per NSCP 2015
Dead Loads
Concrete Weight 23.6 kN/m3
Superimposed Dead Loads
Partition Loads:
Concrete Masonry units with both faces plastered and fully grouted
200mm thk CHB 4.36 kPa (per m ht of wall)
100mm thk CBH 3.17 kPa (per m ht of wall)
Ceiling Loads:
9mm thk Gypsum board 0.072 kPa
Suspended steel channel system 0.10 kPa
20mm thk insulation foam 0.018 kPa
Metal Roofing 0.26kPa
Metal Roof Frame System
Floor Finishes
Ceramic tiles on 13mm mortar bed 0.77 kPa
Hardwood flooring 0.19 kPa
Utilities 0.02 kPa
Live Loads (Residential type occupancy)
Basic floor areas 1.9 kPa
Exterior balconies 2.9 kPa
Roof Live Load 1.0 kPa
Wind Loads – Basic wind speed considered for type IV occupancy 260 kph
directionality factor 0.85
surface roughness B
Exposure category B
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Earthquake Loads
Occupancy Category IV
Seismic Importance Factor, I = 1.0
Soil Type SD
Seismic Zone 4, Z = 0.40