Masonry screen wall
Masonry screen wall
(OP)
Does anyone have a good reference that would show a procedure for designing a cantilevered (unbraced/non-retaining) masonry screen wall? The only lateral load is transverse wind. No significant gravity or seismic loads.






RE: Masonry screen wall
Das and Coduto both have some good texts on foundation engineering in which you can get some information regarding the design of eccentrically-loaded footings.
It boils down to drawing a good free body diagram. A student should be able to handle that.
RE: Masonry screen wall
If it is a standard 6 feet high residential fence wall, many local jurisdictions have acceptable prescriptive details without engineering.