Stability of Buildings and Installations in the Arctic

• Main Author: Velli,Yu. Ya.
• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER N H
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1974
• Subjects: Structural Engineering and Building Technology; *BUILDINGS; *CONSTRUCTION; *ARCTIC REGIONS; USSR; COLD WEATHER OPERATIONS; HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING; TRANSLATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; Arctic; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA001974; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA001974

The author analyzes a composite solution to the questions involved in stability of buildings; data are presented which are required for their planning and erection in the complex natural-climatic and permafrost-soil conditions in the Arctic; suggestions are also set forth on the provision of permafrost monitoring during the operational period. The book is oriented toward engineer-designers, builders and researchers. It contains 21 tables, 60 illustrations and a 10-item bibliography. Draft trans. of mono. Ustoichivost Zdanii i Sooruzhenii v Arktike, Leningrad, 1973 p1-155.