Permafrost foundations; state of the practice.9780784409473 Permafrost permafrost, permanently frozen soil, subsoil, or other deposit, characteristic of arctic and some subarctic regions; similar conditions are also found at very high altitudes in mountain ranges. foundations; state of the practice. Ed. by Edwin S Edwin or Eadwin (both: ĕd`wĭn), 585?–632, king of Northumbria (616–32), The son and heir of Ælla, king of Deira, he was kept from his inheritance by Æthelfrith. . Clarke. Am. Society of Civil Engineers 2007 86 pages $59.00 Paperback Technical Council on Cold Regions engineering monograph mon·o·graph n. A scholarly piece of writing of essay or book length on a specific, often limited subject. tr.v. mon·o·graphed, mon·o·graph·ing, mon·o·graphs To write a monograph on. GB641 In introducing eight chapters treating the challenges in building in conditions frequently encountered north of latitude 60 in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Clarke (Soils Alaska, PC, Fairbanks) defines permafrost as soil that remains frozen for more than two years. Adhering to the principle of "if it's frozen, keep it that way," experts describe and illustrate techniques for selecting an appropriate foundation in sub- arctic regions. With maps and lessons learned from case studies, they detail a structurally-enhanced foundation model and design innovations that take into account the often discontinuous discontinuous /dis·con·tin·u·ous/ (dis?kon-tin´u-us) 1. interrupted; intermittent; marked by breaks. 2. discrete; separate. 3. lacking logical order or coherence. nature of such zones. ([c]20072005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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