TM 5-809-1/AFM 88-3, Chap. 1 CHAPTER 1 GENERAL 1-1. Purpose This manual provides the structural criteria for loads to bc used in the design and construction of buildings and other structures for the Army and the Air Force. 1-2. Scope Load criteria presented in this manual apply to designs for new military construction and for modifications of existing buildings and other structures for the Army and the Air Force. Engineering judgment must be used in calculating design loads. The dead loads specified herein are for guidance only. The designer must detcrmine and allow for the actual dead loads in the structure. The live, wind, and snow loadings specified herein are minimums. The desig- ner should determine if special loadings must be considered. 1-3. References Appendix A contains a list of references used in this docu- ment. 1-4.
DesignationTM 5-809-1
EditionMay 1992
StatusSuperseded
Pages97
FunctionEngineering
CollectionRecent Archive
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