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    load combinations for RCC structures

    In load combinations for RCC structure design, why do we add vertical dead load to horizontal wind load/Earthquake load (1.5DL + 1.5WL/EL, for example)? That looks to me like a scalar addition of the loads. Isn't load a vector quantity? If so, how can we add two perpendicular vectors using...

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