The maximum average rate of gas use by a group of appliances or customers over a specified short time period, usually 15 to 30 minutes.
A total of all loads, which a member is designed to support.
Combination of weight (dead load) and other applied forces (live loads) for which a building or part of a building is designed. Based on the worst possible combination of loads.
The load which the pile is intended to carry without excessive movement and with an acceptable factor of safety against plunging failure.
Maximum amount of weigh which can be supported by a structure.
In a general sense, the design load is the maximum amount of something a system is designed to handle or the maximum amount of something that the system can produce, which are very different meanings. For example, a crane with a design load of 20 tons is designed to be able to lift loads that weigh 20 tons or less. However, when a failure could be catastrophic, such as a crane dropping its load or collapsing entirely, a factor of safety is necessary.
