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  1. bdub97103

    ASCE 7 Design wind pressures to wind load used in MWFRS design

    Hi, Im having a difficult time understanding how you convert ASCE 7 design wind pressures to just 1 design wind pressure, that is shown in most textbook/examples. When you use ASCE 7 (chapter 28 in my case) you end up with a table of design wind pressures that vary. But when you look through...
  2. bdub97103

    Service Load Combinations

    Thanks winelanv! That is very helpful and gets my model to pass. Im curious as to why the foundation bearing, sliding, and over turning are checked using service combinations and not strength combinations? Is that just standard engineering practice or does that come from somewhere specific?
  3. bdub97103

    Service Load Combinations

    Hello! I'm struggling quite a bit with something that should be really simple and Im hoping someone can break it down for me. Im using Risa to design a 2-story residential house with a 9-foot retaining wall in the basement. The model has DL, LL, RLL, EL and SL in it. When I'm specifying the...

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