Structural Analysis
The Joe’s Crab Shack in Savannah, GA will have prefabricated trusses, structural steel members, concrete slab, steel columns, shallow foundations, masonry exterior walls, and continuous footings. The roof live load is 20 psf and the floor live load is 100 psf. This load goes through the wood trusses down to the structural steel, through the columns and into the earth. The slab on grade has loads that are transferred to the porous fill and then directly into the earth. The vertical loads are illustrated in the drawing below.
The lateral loads on the Joe’s Crab Shack will be mostly wind loads since we are located next to a river. The estimated wind load is 38 psf which is accounting for 120 mph winds. The lateral winds will hit the brick skin which will transfer to the brick ties and then transferred to the structural steel members throughout the building. The structural steel will transfer the load to the columns which transfers it to the slab. There will be a slight bend in the wall and might be a slight deflection on the opposite side as some of the load may go all the way through the building. Below you will see a north and south view and east and west view that shows the transfer of the load throughout the building.
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