load capacity
Weight a vessel holds
Load capacity is the maximum weight or stress something can safely bear.
A truck's load capacity determines how much cargo it can carry.
An elevator's load capacity is posted as a safety limit.
The term applies to structures, vehicles, equipment, and systems: The bridge has a load capacity of forty tons.
Exceeding load capacity risks failure or damage.
- craneLifter or wader
- tonnageShip's weight capacity
- structural integrityWholeness under load
- overloadingExceeding safe capacity
- tensile strengthResistance to pulling force
compression · safety factor · truck bed · stress · metric ton · lifting · material fatigue · break point · durability · forklift · heavy lifting · freight · axle · strain · stress test · maximum · rating · bridge
- capacitiesstorage, memory, volume, capability
- durabilitytoughness, durable, sturdiness, robustness, sturdy
- elevatorselevator, elevators, elevator shaft, lift shaft, elevator doors
- automotive engineeringpowertrain, drivetrain, engine design, brake systems, suspension systems
- building constraintsceiling height, floor space, wall thickness, room dimensions, weight limits
- Car Specshorsepower, torque, MPG, RPM, fuel economy
load capacitypayload
Carried freight or charge
live load · carried weight · burden · load · gross weight
load capacitystructural weakness
Flaw in construction integrity
load capacityempty weight
Mass without load
tare weight · curb weight · dead weight · net weight · void