A floor system has W24 x 55 sections spaced 8'-0"" o. c. supporting a floor dead load of 50 psf and a live load of 80 psf. Determine the governing load. Show all work.

Load sup[port by beam is 1040 lb/ft

Explanation:

Given dа ta:

dead load of floor is 50 psf

live load of floor is 80 psf

load per meter can be determined as

Load/mt length = load intensity * effective width

total load = deal load + live load

= 50 + 80 = 130 psf

load / mt length = 130 * 8

= 1040 p/ft = 1.04 k / ft

hence load sup[port by beam is 1040 lb/ft