If the project looks good and everyone likes it they ask who was the contractor. If something goes wrong everyone, including the attorneys, will ask who was the engineer.
My thought is the blocks would not necessarily crush, but the mortar joints of the blocks supporting the plate would shear along the red line as depicted in the attached graphic.http://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=b3b9af2c-70fe-42de-9bee-16ba9eddea07&file=Punching_Shear.jpg
I am looking for information on calculating punching shear on a non-reinforced masonry wall. In calculating the load capacity of a soil anchor used to tie back a basement wall, the capacity of the wall due to the anchor plate punching through the wall is what I need. I have scoured the internet...
