It is desirable to have one factor to account for the variability in both resistances and load effects, because strengths and loads vary independently.

Borrelia burgdorderi causes which of the following diseases?

As the loaded area of a building increases, the average maximum lifetime load _______.

A wall footing has the following conditions. Determine the distance to the neutral axis, c, measured from the top of the footing. Assume the footing is 3 ft wide, the pressure that acts on the bottom of the footing is 6,666 psf, and the reinforcement is a #8 bar spaced every 12 inches.The bottom of the footing is at a depth of 4 ft below grade.The service dead load is 6 kips/ft, and the service live load is 8 kips/ft.The wall is 16 in. thick.The footing is 13 in. thick.The allowable soil pressure, qa, is 5,300 psf.The soil has a density of 120 lb/ft3.The concrete has a density of 150 lb/ft3.The concrete cover has a thickness of 3 in.f’c = 3,500 psi and fy = 60,000 psi.

Which is the more likely transmission route for Vibrio cholerae?

A wall footing has the following conditions. Determine the critical bending moment, Mu, at the face of the wall. Assume the footing is 4 ft wide and the pressure that acts on the bottom of the footing is 5,000 psf.The bottom of the footing is at a depth of 4 ft below grade.The service dead load is 6 kips/ft, and the service live load is 8 kips/ft.The wall is 14 in. thick.The footing is 16 in. thick.The allowable soil pressure, qa, is 4,500 psf.The soil has a density of 115 lb/ft3.The concrete has a density of 150 lb/ft3.The concrete cover has a thickness of 3 in.f’c = 3,800 psi and fy = 60,000 psi.

A wall footing has the following conditions. Determine the shear capacity, φVn, of the footing. Assume the footing is 5 ft wide, the pressure that acts on the bottom of the footing is 4,640 psf, and the reinforcement is a #8 bar spaced every 12 inches.The bottom of the footing is at a depth of 4 ft below grade.The service dead load is 10 kips/ft, and the service live load is 7 kips/ft.The wall is 16 in. thick.The footing is 13 in. thick.The allowable soil pressure, qa, is 4,000 psf.The soil has a density of 125 lb/ft3.The concrete has a density of 150 lb/ft3.The concrete cover has a thickness of 3 in.f’c = 3,000 psi and fy = 60,000 psi.

The fatigue threshold (also known as the endurance limit) is the stress level in a material below which fatigue failures will normally occur.

Which of the following Neisseria species of bacteria causes an STD/STI?

(Conditional Probability LC)The probability of event A occurring is 0.27, the probability of event B occurring is 0.19, and the probability of events A and B occurring is 0.11. Determine P(A|B).