Structural load

Structural load refers to the weight or force that pushes down on buildings or structures, like a big heavy bag on a shelf. Every structure needs to be made strong enough to support all the weight and pressure that it might have to hold up.

Think of it like playing with blocks. When you stack blocks on top of each other, eventually they might fall down if you stack too many. This is because the weight of the blocks becomes too heavy for the bottom blocks to hold up. Similarly, buildings are designed to be built strong enough to hold up all the weight and pressure that they will have to support.

Structural engineers are like really smart grown-ups who know exactly how much weight and pressure different materials can handle. They figure out how to design buildings so that they are able to support all the stuff inside them, all the people who go in and out of them, and all kinds of weather like wind, snow, and rain.

When a building is built, it is tested to make sure it is strong enough to handle all the weight and pressure it will have to support. This makes sure that the building is safe and won’t fall down. So, it’s like a really big game of blocks, but with grown-ups making sure that everything stays standing up!