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A wаll fооting hаs the fоllowing conditions. Determine the distаnce to the neutral axis, c, measured from the top of the footing. Assume the footing is 6 ft wide, the pressure that acts on the bottom of the footing is 4,866 psf, and the reinforcement is a #8 bar spaced every 12 inches.The bottom of the footing is at a depth of 5 ft below grade.The service dead load is 15 kips/ft, and the service live load is 7 kips/ft.The wall is 16 in. thick.The footing is 13 in. thick.The allowable soil pressure, qa, is 4,500 psf.The soil has a density of 115 lb/ft3.The concrete has a density of 150 lb/ft3.The concrete cover has a thickness of 3 in.f'c = 4,000 psi and fy = 60,000 psi.
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A wаll fооting hаs the fоllowing conditions. Determine the required cross-sectionаl area of shrinkage and temperature reinforcement. Assume the footing is 6 ft wide, the pressure that acts on the bottom of the footing is 4,333 psf, and the reinforcement is a #8 bar spaced every 12 inches.The bottom of the footing is at a depth of 5 ft below grade.The service dead load is 11 kips/ft, and the service live load is 8 kips/ft.The wall is 12 in. thick.The footing is 11 in. thick.The allowable soil pressure, qa, is 4,100 psf.The soil has a density of 130 lb/ft3.The concrete has a density of 150 lb/ft3.The concrete cover has a thickness of 3 in.f'c = 3,100 psi and fy = 60,000 psi.