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 4 ft wide, the pressure that acts on the bottom of the footing is 6,900 psf, and the reinforcement is a #8 bar spaced every 12 inches.The bottom of the footing is at a depth of 2 ft below grade.The service dead load is 15 kips/ft, and the service live load is 6 kips/ft.The wall is 10 in. thick.The footing is 16 in. thick.The allowable soil pressure, qa, is 6,000 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 = 3,600 psi and fy = 60,000 psi.
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