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Seeattached.Ihaven'tlookedatarampinthismannerbefore,butthearchitectisboundanddeterminedtocreateacantileveredlandingforsomestairs.Itisn'tshowninthe
detail,buttherampwouldturn180degandcontinueuptheoppositedirection.

Anyoneseeanyissueswiththis?OtherthanthepotentialforanicecrackabovetheCMUwall?TheloadsallcalcoutwhenIrunthenumbers.
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Looksgoodtome.Beatshavingtodoitwithoutthewall,that'sforsure.Obviously,somemannerofpositiveattachmentbetweenthewallandslabwouldbeagoodidea.

Iliketodebatestructuralengineeringtheoryalot.IfIchallengeyouonsomething,knowthatI'mdoingsobecauseIrespectyouropinionenoughtoeitherchangeitoradoptit.

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Cool.Yes,thewallrebarwillextendintotheslabwithastandard90deghook.ItwasjustabasicDDdetailIthrewtogetherforthearchitect.

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Mightbealittlehardtoformupbutcertainlynotimpossible.We'vedoneprecastrampssetuplikethisbeforewithoutissues,thoughwedidn'tcantileverthewholelandingifI
remembercorrectly.At8inchesthickIdoubtyou'llhavedeflectionissuesbutI'dcheckthecantileverjusttobesure.#5@4"seemsreasonableandIdoubtyou'llgetmuch
crackingwiththat,especiallyifyourrebarisalittleoverdesigned.

Iactuallywouldn'tworryaboutpositiveconnectionbetweenthewallandrampassumingbotharelaterallysupportedelsewhereitmightevenbebeneficialifthrustfromtheramp
andanythermalgrowth/shrinkagedon'tfullytransfertothewall.

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TehMightyEngineer:Ihadn'tthoughtaboutthethermaldifferencesbetweentheconcreteandCMU...althoughsmall,itcouldhavesomeeffects.TheWallisbracedbyreturnCMU
wallsateachendandinthemiddlesothethrustiseasilyresolved.

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Yourtopbarsshouldpenetratefurtherintotheslab.Youshouldassumethecantileverhasfullliveloadandtheslabhasonlydeadload.Youshouldnotbereliantontensioninthe
concretetobalancethecantilever.

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