Load types - Non-structural load vs structural

[Anonymous]

What's the difference between making a the load non-structural and making it structural?

[Anonymous]

Hi,

structural and non-structural is referred to dead loads. 

The first is the load you have from structural elements (beams, columns, etc) while the other is the group of all the elements you won't take into account as structural elements (plant, tiles, false ceilings, etc)

The division is made because in some cases you won't take the second into account (if you want to look at different construction phases for example) and in some code there is a difference in the coefficients you assign them (coefficient for structural load is different from the one for non-structural).

[Artur.Kosakowski]

Hi @Anonymous

What's the difference between making a the load non-structural and making it structural?

According to my knowledge in robot this makes difference for RC beam design which when the non-structural load is defined checks provisions from 7.4.1 (5) of EC2.

Deflections that could damage adjacent parts of the structure should be limited. For the deflection after construction, span/500 is normally an appropriate limit for quasi-permanent loads.

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