Thanks, and although your response is correct for my question "any year", the IBC has ommitted that portion of the code in the subsequent editions; The masonry project I'm currently working on is governed by the 2006 IBC, which, like the 03 edition references to ACI 530, ASCE 5 and TMS 402. The...
Does anyone know where the out-of-plane masonry wall deflection criteria are specified or discussed in the code, i.e. ACI 530 (any year), or IBC (any year)?
Any help will be greatly appreciated, thanks.
For a typical retail or commercial bldg design, the assumed 4psf for MEP collateral loads is typical or std. procedure for design of the roof framing. It is because this load (4psf) is blanketed across the entire roof structure that it is actually smaller than the 25psf load that you came up...
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I use my own spreadsheet, which is a modified version our in-house one.
