AIJ Journal of Technology and Design
Online ISSN : 1881-8188
Print ISSN : 1341-9463
ISSN-L : 1341-9463
Environmental Engineering
CURRENT STATUS AND ISSUES OF STANDARDS RELATED TO FROZEN DEPTH AND BUILDING FOUNDATIONS
Takayasu SAGAWAGenki IIZUMI
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2024 Volume 30 Issue 75 Pages 814-819

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The foundations of buildings are required to embed to the freezing depth by The Building Standards Act in Japan. However, due to the ambiguity of the definition of freezing depth and engineering grounds, operational rules differ from region to region. Therefore in this report, the author investigate the current standards and calculation methods of freezing depth and organize the issues.

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