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Vmax<br />

Total Load that the Tie-down must support<br />

R2<br />

W1 + W2<br />

4" 4"<br />

3'-0" 3'-0"<br />

5'-0" 5'-0"<br />

Centerline<br />

of <strong>Support</strong><br />

R1 R := + R<br />

2<br />

2<br />

R = 105.56 kip<br />

Check that the load is less than the capacity of the floor<br />

Floor_Capacity := 200kip<br />

Check_Floor_Capacity := "Sufficient" if Floor_Capacity ≥ R<br />

"Insufficient" otherwise<br />

Check Bearing Strength of Concrete<br />

Check_Floor_Capacity = "Sufficient"<br />

Conservatively assume that the load bears on 1 in. of concrete across the length of the block...<br />

Abearing := lblock⋅1in ϕbearing := .65<br />

Abearing 120 in 2<br />

=<br />

Bearing_Strength := ϕbearing ⋅.85⋅fc⋅Abearing Bearing_Strength = 364.65 kip<br />

Check_Bearing_Capacity := "Sufficient" if Bearing_Strength ≥ 2⋅R "Insufficient" otherwise<br />

164<br />

Check_Bearing_Capacity = "Sufficient"

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