Can I stamp calculations using this model? I have no clue what is going on in this black box model, and therefore am refusing to put my seal to the output of them.
In fact, I would contend that any registered engineer who does not know what is going on in the black box is putting his license...
I have a simple 4' wall in the ROW of a typical 36' street, the curb is 7' from the back of wall. Gonna do a Keystone wall. I used the Rankine method of analysis, not NCMA (conservative).
IBC Table 1607.1, "Sidewalk etc. ..." specifies that a 8,000 lb. point load on 20 sq. inches is...
