All this talk about Structural load made me wonder if maybe I forgot a load path.
Ill briefly explain the major paths and how I was planning on dealing with them
Vertical load: Weight and Gravity
Cinder Blocks, 1/4" Steele bars, 1/2" cement board, 3.5" perlite insulating mix
Horizontal load: weight of oven pushing down on the hearth and the hearth wanting to push itself out
Conventional brick and mortar, 3" 6000 PSI concrete
Axial load (on soldier course): weight of dome pushing out on the top portion of the Soldier row
Traditional brick and mortar, 1.5" 6000 psi concrete, 2" insulating perlite concrete mix, 3/16 Steele wire cage surrounding first course, 1/4" fire clay mortar,
These are the main load I was considering, there are transverse and other loads within the dome but they didn't transmit much down and into the hearth.
Am I forgetting any major ones to consider.
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