live load

American  

[lahyv] / laɪv /

noun

Engineering.

1. load11

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live load British  

/ laɪv /

noun

1. Also called: superload.  a variable weight on a structure, such as moving traffic on a bridge Compare dead load

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Etymology

Origin of live load

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

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

For the maximum positive bending in any panel the full load on that panel was considered, there being no live load on adjoining panels.

From Some Mooted Questions in Reinforced Concrete Design American Society of Civil Engineers, Transactions, Paper No. 1169, Volume LXX, Dec. 1910 by Godfrey, Edward

L = length of any bay of top flange. l = length of any diagonal. w = dead load per bay of girder. w¹= live load per bay of girder.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 483, April 4, 1885 by Various