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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 4 Statistical parameters of loads for the China analysis method

From: Comparison of reliability evaluation methods between China and Canada standards for wood structures featuring duration of load

Load type

Mean

COV

Probability distribution

g

 Dead load

1.06

0.070

Normal

q

 Live load (office floor)

0.524

0.288

Extreme Type I

 Live load (residential floor)

0.644

0.233

Extreme Type I

 Snow (50-year return period)

1.04

0.220

Extreme Type I

  1. Characteristic live load (office or residential) = 2.0 kN/m2