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    Seismic Force on retaining wall

    Thanks, but that's not exactly what I'm wanting to know. Which code provision addresses soil effects on seismic loads for walls? 12.11 addresses out-of-plan forces without regard to soil.
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    Seismic Force on retaining wall

    I'm trying to determine what, if any lateral pressures due to earthquake forces I need to include on a building basement wall (out of plane) for a SCD-D building. ASCE7-05 11.8.3 requires the geotechnical investigation to report the above mentioned forces, which seems to imply that it has to be...

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