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General Concepts / October 1, 2021

Beam Slab: Load Path

-Gravity loads transfer through slabs to beams -Loads carried floor by floor from beams to columns/core walls in shortest path -Columns/Core walls carry the loads down to the foundation

By · October 1, 2021 · 1 min read

-Gravity loads transfer through slabs to beams

-Loads carried floor by floor from beams to columns/core walls in shortest path

-Columns/Core walls carry the loads down to the foundation

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