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A conversion from pounds per square feet (psf) to pounds per linear feet plf is necessary to design, for example, a beam.
---Take a 15 foot floor beam for example: live load plus dead load is say, 100 psf. lets say this beam's tributary area is 8 ft (meaning it supports all loads 4ft on either side).
-now the math : 8ft X 15ft = 120 square feet. Now 120 sf X 100 psf = 12,000 pounds. this means the beam carries 12,000# divide by 15 ft and you have 800 pounds per linear ft or 800 plf.

Basically find total Weight then devide by the Length.

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