| A typical present-day covered bridge has a flooring dead load equal to approximately one third of the total weight of the bridge superstructure. |
| Footings or piers may also be assigned a minimum dead load pressure to resist uplift of low-swelling soils. |
| The 0.833 factor is a reduction to recognize that the load factor for dead load is 1.25, not the 1.5 assumed. |
| Litvinov would have flown into a rage, but for a dead load lying on his heart. |
| This negligence was due to socio-cultural, religious and other considerations, and were likely to transform women into the dead load of society. |
| In each case, the reduced dead load, as compared to conventional materials, allows a higher live or service load. |
