1.A two story school has interior columns that are spaced 15 ft apartin two perpendicular directions. If the loading on the flat roof isestimated to be 20 lb/ft^2 determine the reduced live loadsupported by a typical interior column at (a) the ground floorlevel, and (b) the second floor level.
2.Determine the reduction of capillary rise ifthe contact angle representing the adhesion between water and soilmaterial is increased from 30 degrees to 60degrees.