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Residential Foundation Wall
Recently, in our office, there has been disagreement regarding the design of residential foundation walls. Does one consider these walls cantilever retaining walls or are the ends pin-pin? When floor joists are perpendicular to and bear on the wall and are attached to a wood sill plate that is...- DKPE
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- Forum: Foundation engineering
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Residential Garage slab - suspended
I am designing a suspended garage slab for a residential home. There was an earlier thread (Mar 2, jjeng2) that asked about the IBC provision of 2000 lb point load vs. 50 psf uniform load. As I read 2000 IBC, Section 1607.4 states that you should compare the 2000 lb point load and the 50 psf...- DKPE
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- Forum: Structural engineering general discussion
