Understanding loads - Build 144(2014)
- Abbreviation
- Understanding loads
- Valid from
- 1/10/2014
- Information provider
- BRANZ Limited
- Information type
- BUILD article
- Format
- Website, PDF
Description
Enquiries to the BRANZ helpline show that the meanings of characteristic strength, capacity, ultimate load and serviceability load are not well understood. This article looks at what the various terms mean.