Draft

2.5OtherImportant Considerations 53

1. Thesectionis partof a beamor girder.


2. Thebeamor girderis reallypartof a threedimensionalstructurein which loadis trans-

mitted fromany point in thestructuretothefoundationthroughany oneof various

structuralforms.

57 Loadtransferin a structureis accomplishedthrougha \hierarchy"of simple
exuralele-

ments which arethenconnectedto thecolumns,Fig.2.16or by two way slabsas illustratedin

Fig.2.17.

58 Anexampleof loadtransfermechanismis shownin Fig.2.18.