LOADS, TYPES OF LOADS ON A STRUCTURE, Dead loads · live loads · wind loads · snow loads · seismic loads/Earth quake loads
  LOADS  : à  External forces and moments (or couples) acting on a body are called loads.       TYPES OF LOADS ON A STRUCTURE   ü  These are loads to be considered in the design of a structure.   ·      Dead loads   ·      live loads   ·      wind loads   ·      snow loads   ·      seismic loads/Earth quake loads       Ø  Dead loads   : à  The self weight of building  (weight of wall, column, floors, roofs etc.) are dead loads. These are permanent loads acting on a structure.           Ø  live loads   : à  The moving or movable loads  on a building like people, furniture’s, etc. are the live loads. These loads keep on changing time to time.       Ø  wind loads   : à  The wind load act horizontally on the surface of walls, roofs caused by the movement of air relative to earth . Wind load depends on several factors like height of structure, geogr...