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A wall footing has the following conditions. Determine the required cross-sectional area of shrinkage and temperature reinforcement. Assume the footing is 4 ft wide, the pressure that acts on the bottom of the footing is 5,700 psf, and the reinforcement is a #6 bar spaced every 12 inches.The bottom of the footing is at a depth of 2 ft below grade.The service dead load is 11 kips/ft, and the service live load is 6 kips/ft.The wall is 10 in. thick.The footing is 11 in. thick.The allowable soil pressure, qa, is 4,500 psf.The soil has a density of 120 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.

A wall footing has the following conditions. Determine the shear capacity, φVn, of the footing. Assume the footing is 5 ft wide, the pressure that acts on the bottom of the footing is 5,280 psf, and the reinforcement is a #4 bar spaced every 12 inches.The bottom of the footing is at a depth of 5 ft below grade.The service dead load is 14 kips/ft, and the service live load is 6 kips/ft.The wall is 16 in. thick.The footing is 11 in. thick.The allowable soil pressure, qa, is 5,200 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 = 3,300 psi and fy = 60,000 psi.

A wall footing has the following conditions. Determine the required cross-sectional area of shrinkage and temperature reinforcement. Assume the footing is 4 ft wide, the pressure that acts on the bottom of the footing is 4,599 psf, and the reinforcement is a #8 bar spaced every 12 inches.The bottom of the footing is at a depth of 4 ft below grade.The service dead load is 6 kips/ft, and the service live load is 7 kips/ft.The wall is 12 in. thick.The footing is 13 in. thick.The allowable soil pressure, qa, is 4,000 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 = 4,000 psi and fy = 60,000 psi.

Determine the location of the neutral axis, c, for the following tied column when the largest strain in the concrete is 0.003 and the strain in the tension reinforcement is 0.003.b = 16 in.h = 22 in.Clear cover to ties = 1.5 in.Number of longitudinal bars = 6Size of longitudinal bars = No. 8Size of ties = No. 4Concrete strength = 9,000 psiYield strength of longitudinal bars = 60,000 psiYield strength of ties = 40,000 psi

A wall footing has the following conditions. Determine the pressure that acts on the bottom of the footing. Assume the footing is 3 ft wide.The bottom of the footing is at a depth of 2 ft below grade.The service dead load is 9.6 kips/ft, and the service live load is 6.2 kips/ft.The wall is 12 in. thick.The footing is 16 in. thick.The allowable soil pressure, qa, is 5,800 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.

Use the interaction diagrams found in Appendix A of the textbook to determine whether the following rectangular tied column with bars in 4 faces can safely support a load of Pu = 364 kip and Mu = 788.7 kip-ft.b = 28 in.h = 26 in.fc’ = 4 ksify = 60 ksiγ = 0.75ρg = 0.03

Use the interaction diagrams found in Appendix A of the textbook to determine whether the following rectangular tied column with bars in 4 faces can safely support a load of Pu = 648 kip and Mu = 151.2 kip-ft.b = 18 in.h = 12 in.fc’ = 4 ksify = 60 ksiγ = 0.75ρg = 0.01

A wall footing has the following conditions. Determine the critical bending moment, Mu, at the face of the wall. Assume the footing is 5 ft wide and the pressure that acts on the bottom of the footing is 5,840 psf.The bottom of the footing is at a depth of 4 ft below grade.The service dead load is 15 kips/ft, and the service live load is 7 kips/ft.The wall is 10 in. thick.The footing is 16 in. thick.The allowable soil pressure, qa, is 5,300 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 = 3,000 psi and fy = 60,000 psi.

Determine the maximum axial strength φPn,max for the following tied column.Column width, b = 24 in.Column thickness, h = 18 in.Number of longitudinal bars = 8Size of longitudinal bars = No. 6Size of ties = No. 3Concrete strength = 7,000 psiYield strength of longitudinal bars = 60,000 psiYield strength of ties = 60,000 psi

Determine the maximum pitch, s, for the spirals in the following circular column.Column diameter, h = 24 in.Clear cover to spirals = 1.5 in.Number of longitudinal bars = 15Size of longitudinal bars = No. 10Size of spiral = No. 3Concrete strength = 5,000 psiYield strength of longitudinal bars = 60,000 psiYield strength of spiral = 60,000 psi