I appreciate the responses. To delve deeper into the question, would treating the slab as a beam and utilizing its moment and shear capacities truly be representative of the resistance it can contribute to bearing and uplift? Are the two elements' capacities allowed to be superimposed for...
I am trying to replicate an old design from a seasoned engineer, but he is no longer around to ask questions, so I am looking for some opinions. In his previous design, he utilized a combination of piers/footings and slabs for the foundation design; where, in my opinion, they would not be...
