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- Avg. Max. Frost Depth in South Carolina | Eng-Tips
Concur with blackwed, however assuming a frost depth of 6 inches anywhere in South Carolina is a typical, very conservative assumption The state currently uses IBC 2003
- Top or Bottom of Footing? | Eng-Tips
Frost depth always has been and should be to the bottom of the footing You are trying to avoid a condition where frost occurs in the soil directly under a footing and in which case the soil expands (or rather the moisture freezes and expands within the soil matrix) and dislocates the footing
- Drilled Pier Frost Heave | Eng-Tips
Hello, I am currently designing concrete drilled piers, and per the geotech report, the recommendations incur a 1600 psf design stress for potential frost heave The recommendations also state that placing friction reducing material can be considered as an alternate option to prevent damage
- Frost line depth | Eng-Tips
Hello All, How can I determine the frost line depth for a project in Virginia? All I can find in the code is in R301 2 which leaves in up to the locality The online version of the code is blank in this section Any help would be appreciated
- Frost Heave Calculation | Eng-Tips
Frost heave can easily be several inches in northern states with frost-susceptible (silty) soils and a shallow water table or just poor drainage On the other hand, dry, clean, sand or gravel may freeze without heaving Heave can vary a lot from year to year depending on moisture conditions and weather
- Stoops | Eng-Tips
Stoops are any sort of entrance entity that is situated adjacent to building exits They serve two main purposes: 1 Provide proper surfaces to exit on, such as a landing, stairway, ramp, etc 2 In freeze areas, provide a deep enough foundation underneath to avoid frost heave and the resulting jamming of the door as it tries to open
- Frost Depth | Eng-Tips
Frost depth also tends to presume a bit of "heated building" in the tabulated numbers, so keep that in mind for say, a freezer building, unheated storage, etc
- Exterior Equipment Concrete Pad | Eng-Tips
The frost jacking happens due to ice lens formation at the boundary btwn cold enough and not cold enough I don't know about ice lens formation, but I guess my thinking was that if the concrete is thick enough than this "boundary" you mention may occur within the concrete pad and therefore nullify any heave
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