"Tony Bryer" wrote in message
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In article , Danny Monaghan wrote:
although he did add that people standing in the pool presents a
point load that needs to be considered as well.

Does it? 100kg of person displaces 100kg of water - i.e. the water
level rises fractionally across the whole pool leaving the loading
under the person more or less unchanged. Or so ISTM


That presumes that the person is floating rather than standing ;-)

Regards Jeff