BUILDING FOUNDATIONS IN THE BOLSHEZEMELSKAIA TUNDRA REGION (FUNDAMENTY ZDANII V RAIONE BOL'SHEZEMEL'SKOI TUNDRY)

The paper is divided into four parts as follows: (1) a description of the ground frost and climatic conditions of the district in question; (2) a consideration of the thermal state of the ground beneath heated and unheated buildings; (3) a presentation of averaged data on vertical dislocations of bu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Saltykov, N. I., Mandel, William
Other Authors: STEFANSSON LIBRARY NEW YORK
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1950
Subjects:
FOUNDATIONS(STRUCTURES)
PERMAFROST
USSR
CLIMATE
WOOD
CONSTRUCTION
FREEZING
Obrucheva
permafrost
Tundra
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0462974
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Summary:The paper is divided into four parts as follows: (1) a description of the ground frost and climatic conditions of the district in question; (2) a consideration of the thermal state of the ground beneath heated and unheated buildings; (3) a presentation of averaged data on vertical dislocations of buildings, and a description of their state; and finally (4) practical advice as to selection of types of foundations and recommended depths. The closing portion advances certain views relative to the planning of foundations under the conditions imposed by the war. (Author) Trans. from Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Institut Merzlotovedeniia im. V. A. Obrucheva, Trudy, Vol. 4, pp. 125-204, 1944.

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