Concentrated load

concentrated load

[′kän·sən‚trād·əd ′lōd] (mechanics) A force that is negligible because of a small contact area; a beam supported on a girder represents a concentrated load on the girder.

Concentrated load

A load acting on a very small area of the structure’s surface; the exact opposite of a distributed load.

concentrated load

A load acting on a very small area of a structure, as differentiated from a distributed load.