live load
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of live load
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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Drive to a shipper or receiver and either "drop and hook" or "live load" or "live unload".
From The Guardian ● Jul. 11, 2013
The legs are like towers at each end of a bridge, the backbone is an arched cantilever system suspended from the towers, the chest and abdomen constitute the "live load."
From Time Magazine Archive
And that did not include the 200,000 pounds of additional live load that would be added as passengers filled the cars.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
The practical engineer does not find, as Mr. Godfrey states, that the negative moment is double the positive moment, because he considers the live load either on one span only, or on alternate spans.
From Some Mooted Questions in Reinforced Concrete Design American Society of Civil Engineers, Transactions, Paper No. 1169, Volume LXX, Dec. 1910 by Godfrey, Edward
The roof was designed for a live load of 100 lb. and a dead load of 150 lb., the same as at the South Reservoir.
From ASCE 1193: The Water-Works and Sewerage of Monterrey, N. L., Mexico The 4th article from the June, 1911, Volume LXXII, Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Paper No. 1193, Feb. 1, 1911. by Conway, George Robert Graham
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