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Re: Safe load for Singapore



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>From: "Loh SH" <lsh9933 at mbox2_singnet.com.sg>
>To: <Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com>
>Cc: <eufamily at singnet_com.sg>
>Subject: Re: Safe load  for Singapore
>Date: Sun, 17 Aug 1997 12:14:59 +0800
>
>
>> Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 14:13:33 +0800
>> From: "R Eu" <eufamily at singnet_com.sg>
>
>> Furthermore, I wonder if such a large tank is safe for my 5-th floor
>> apartment ?  Will the floor be able to take the heavy load ?  I live in
>> sunny Singapore and I suppose the building codes and regulations follow
>> international standards, like in the US.
>
>Buildings in Singapore are generally design to the Britsh code and for
>residential building class, the safe live load on each floor normally taken
>as 2 kN/m2 . In  comparative term, that means it can safely carry the load
>of 0.2m depth of water flooded over the whole floor i.e
>
>	 0.2m X 10 kN/m3(density of water) = 2kN/m2
>
>With a tank load of say 0.6m depth (0.6m X 10kN/m3= 0.6 kN/m2), it is
>overloading the floor 'locally' by 3 times.
>
>However the TOTAL load the floor (say a room size of 5m By 5m) can safely
>carry is 
>
>	5m x 5m x 2 kN/m2 = 50 kN
>
>as compare to a total tank load of
>
>	2m x 0.6mx 0.6mx 10kn/m3 =7.2kN 
>
>The balance of (50 MINUS 7.2) = 42.8 kN  can still cater for the rest of
>loads(furniture etc) on the same floor.
>
>'Locally" overloading of the floor could sometimes result in undesirable
>effect such as 
>crack in ceiling fixture of the unit benealth ,  depending on the actual
>position of the tank with regards to the position of structural element
>such as beam and wall, as well as the design of the floor itself  . To
>avoid any problem , it is adviceble to therefore locate your tank directly
>over or near to the beams and walls of the unit below.
>
>Hope this help
>
>
>Loh SH
>