| Download | - View final version: Foundations on swelling or shrinking subsoils (PDF, 1.6 MiB)
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| DOI | Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.4224/40000697 |
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| Author | Search for: Hamilton, J. J.1 |
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| Affiliation | - National Research Council of Canada
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| Format | Text, Issue |
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| Physical description | 6 p. |
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| Subject | Basements and foundations; subsoils; clay soils; swelling; shrinkage; foundations |
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| Abstract | Volume-changing clay subsoils constitute the most costly natural hazard to buildings on shallow foundations in Canada and the United States. In the Prairie Provinces alone a million or more Canadians live in communities built on subsoils of very high potential expansion. In eastern and coastal regions even larger populations are situated on clays of high shrinkage potential. This Digest describes new concepts and details developed from a continuing study of the subject and discusses the selection of appropriate foundations. |
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| Publication date | 1977-03 |
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| Publisher | National Research Council of Canada. Division of Building Research |
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| Language | English |
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| Peer reviewed | No |
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| NRC number | NRC-IRC-642 |
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| NPARC number | 20330191 |
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| Record identifier | 42c58aa1-17e6-4e7a-a041-5a687c293d7f |
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| Record created | 2012-07-18 |
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| Record modified | 2023-01-19 |
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