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PSF

PSF

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A measure that shows how many pounds push on one square foot
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  • The engineer calculated that the roof could support up to 50 PSF of snow load.

Examples

  • The sign indicated that the balcony had a maximum load of 100 PSF.

  • Building codes often specify minimum floor strength in PSF to ensure safety.

  • The pressure in the tank is measured in PSF.

  • How many PSF can this structure support?

  • The engineer calculated that the roof could support up to 50 PSF of snow load.

  • Building codes often specify minimum floor strength in PSF to ensure safety.

  • The sign indicated that the balcony had a maximum load of 100 PSF.

Surface Forms

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Morphology

PSF = P + S + F

This is an abbreviation for the unit 'pounds per square foot'; as an initialism the letters do not transparently encode the component words unless the expansion is known.

Etymology

PSF is short for pounds per square foot, which means how many 'pounds' press on one square foot of area, so engineers use PSF to say how much load or pressure a surface can hold.