The back wall of the shed of Lab. 12a is to be supported by a reinforced...

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  1. The back wall of the shed of Lab. 12a is to be supported by areinforced concrete spread foundation. The distributed load on thewall is 316 lb/ft and a 10% self-weight allowance should be madefor the wall. The studs inside the wall are spaced at 24” and thetop of the footing is 12” below ground level. The concrete is to bemade from 3 ksi concrete grade and reinforced with steel bar of36ksi yield strength. Design the foundation for the wall. Take thesoil bearing pressure capability as 2 ksf and the weight density ofsteel concrete as 150 lb/ft3 and that of the soil as 100lb/ft3. The weight of steel reinforcement is considerednegligible.

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