A wаll fооting hаs the fоllowing conditions. Determine the minimum cross-sectionаl area of the reinforcement. Assume the footing is 4 ft wide and the pressure that acts on the bottom of the footing is 5,300 psf.The bottom of the footing is at a depth of 3 ft below grade.The service dead load is 7 kips/ft, and the service live load is 8 kips/ft.The wall is 14 in. thick.The footing is 13 in. thick.The allowable soil pressure, qa, is 4,200 psf.The soil has a density of 110 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.
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