I'm interested to see some of the forum member's thoughts on how to handle vertical distribution of seismic loads (AISC 12.8.3) for a couple of odd scenarios.
Scenario 1) buildings that are cut into a hill side. I am currently in progress on a single family residence that is 3 stories on the...
I have a tiered retaining wall system. the upper and lower walls both retain 10' each with 12' between. I have the soil shear angle from the geotech report (32 degrees) and for vertical loads from the upper footing the influence line just hits the heel of the lower footing so does not really...
