Timeline for What size feet for this wind-protection panel?
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| May 20, 2021 at 12:46 | comment | added | r13 | Is this the note "Note that you should investigate also the other way overturning (wind blowing from the right."? Well, the OP is satisfied with it, so no more comment here. | |
| May 20, 2021 at 2:53 | comment | added | NMech | @r13 please read the entire answer before commenting. I had already noted that. | |
| May 20, 2021 at 0:24 | comment | added | r13 | Wind can blow from either side of the panel. In reverse, the pivot point is directly under the post, and the leg is lifting up losing contact with the soil. You should check how to tie the strap down for such a case too, or plan to rely on the existing wall as support? | |
| May 19, 2021 at 21:29 | comment | added | NMech | There is one more thing. The whole panel might translate before tipping over if the friction is not sufficient. So you need to consider that you have enough friction. | |
| May 19, 2021 at 20:37 | comment | added | Richard Burke-Ward | Hi @NMech. This is just what I needed, thank you. Thanks for the extra suggestion, too - although this whole problem comes about because the existing barrier cannot take an extra lateral or rotational load. I'll get calculating! | |
| May 19, 2021 at 20:34 | vote | accept | Richard Burke-Ward | ||
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| May 19, 2021 at 19:03 | history | answered | NMech | CC BY-SA 4.0 |