Hello,

I have an engineering question: if a point load bears on the top plate
of a stud wall, does the stud wall spread out the load by the time it
reaches the bottom plate? My WAG is that it is spread over a width
equal to the height of the stud wall. In my application, the stud
wall is on a 4" concrete slab that (I think) can handle a wall load of
300 lbs/ft, so I'm trying to figure out whether I need to add a
footing.

Thanks,
Wayne