Accession Number:

ADA090324

Title:

Design and Construction of Foundations in Areas of Deep Seasonal Frost and Permafrost.

Descriptive Note:

Special rept.,

Corporate Author:

COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER NH

Personal Author(s):

• Linell,Kenneth A.
• Lobacz,Edward F.

Report Date:

1980-08-01

Pagination or Media Count:

319.0

Abstract:

This report presents engineering guidance for the design and construction of foundations in areas of deep seasonal frost and permafrost as developed up to the early 1970s. Attention is given to basic considerations affecting foundation design, site investigations, survey datum points, construction consideration, and monitoring performance. Included in the main text are 17 tables, 141 figures, and 213 selected references. A bibliography presents 45 additional references.

Descriptors:

• *FROST
• *FOUNDATIONS(STRUCTURES)
• MILITARY FACILITIES
• SOIL MECHANICS
• SEASONAL VARIATIONS
• CONSTRUCTION
• ARCTIC REGIONS
• UNDERGROUND
• PERMAFROST
• UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES
• SUBARCTIC REGIONS

Subject Categories:

• Snow, Ice and Permafrost
• Structural Engineering and Building Technology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE