The steel itself does not receive the tensile if it is not well anchored somewhere; For example, if the steel reinforcement of a balcony is not well fixed inside the slab, it will reach the ground floor. Why not connect the structure to the ground, and simply place it on the ground? You will tell me ... that no material receives any charge unless the carrier is statically defined. Yes in the case of the balcony the anchoring is necessary. All intense states (Tension, Compression, Bending, Shear, Torsion, etc.) imply the assumption of static equilibrium, otherwise they would not make sense. "It's not the same as a cantilever with a foundation." Answer In the earthquake a balcony - cantilever, and a wall are the same. Moments received by the cantilever moments are presented in the earthquake and on the wall. Unless you insist on breaking the cross-sections on the beams. '' for our own good ''