Can someone help me by explaining how you transfer a horizontal wind force on a tank to a vertical pound per foot load for bearing sizing of a ringwall? This would be used as a component of the PT (total load on tank shell lb/ft) for 5.6.2 of PIP STE03020.
I am having trouble classifying a proposed covered porch, attached to an existing house, as enclosed, partially enclosed, or open. The porch is 8'-8" X 30'-0" with a hip roof. One 8'-8" side is the common wall of the existing house with no openings, the other 8'-8" side is a masonry wall with...
Consider designing a four walled concrete pit with a concrete bottom and open top. The walls are 9 ft wide inside. The top of concrete at pit floor is 8 ft below grade with another 2 ft projecting above grade. Would the pit walls be like a retaining wall and size for vertical flexural...
