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  1. bjren

    Live load on chain link fence

    it will make more sense to me if it is wind load. But it is so confusing to put it under the live load section in AASHTO.
  2. bjren

    Live load on chain link fence

    if 15 psf is the body surface, it will make more sence to apply it on the average people height not the total surface of the fence. when the fence gets higher, 0.015 ksf could create higher load than 0.2+0.05L to its post and anchorage, which doesn't make sence to me.
  3. bjren

    Live load on chain link fence

    In AASHTO LRFD Section 13.8.2: “The design load for the chain link or metal fabric fence shall be 0.015 ksf acting normal to the entire surface” How was this load derived? It doesn’t make sense to apply it to the entire surface no matter what height of the fence is. (For example, 10 ft high...

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