Load combination question
Load combination question
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During a discussion in the office today a question came up.
I'm doing a cantilevered retaining wall with a building on top of it and I'm questioning the way I've looked at the "D" component in the past of the .6D + W + H load combination. I'm questioning what is included in "D?" Is it:
1. The dead weight of the objects on top of the wall/footing (like building), or
2. Is it the building and the soil setting on top of the wall/footing that helps resist my overturning, or
3. Is it both of the above PLUS the weight of the concrete in the wall/footing itself?
Thanks.
I'm doing a cantilevered retaining wall with a building on top of it and I'm questioning the way I've looked at the "D" component in the past of the .6D + W + H load combination. I'm questioning what is included in "D?" Is it:
1. The dead weight of the objects on top of the wall/footing (like building), or
2. Is it the building and the soil setting on top of the wall/footing that helps resist my overturning, or
3. Is it both of the above PLUS the weight of the concrete in the wall/footing itself?
Thanks.






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