A two-story hotel has interior columns for the rooms that are spaced 6 m apart in two perpendicular directions. Determine the reduced live load supported by a typical interior column on the first floor under the public rooms.

3021.7 N/m^2 or 3.022 kN/m^2

Explanation:

The area of the interior column is equivalent to 6*6 = 36 m^2. The length of the structure is 4790 N/m^2. The live load element factor () is 4. The reduced live load will be:

L = =

Therefore, the value of the reduced live load that will be supported by the column is 3021.7 N/m^2 or 3.022 kN/m^2.

This is less than 0.4* = 0.4*4790 = 1916 N/m^2