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strip foundation

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strip foundation
A continuous foundation in which the length is considerably greater than the breadth.
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It had the usual strip foundations at the usual depth.
Sometimes it's best to pull out; House doctor Peter Fall looks into ... by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
To detach the vulnerable structure from the wet ground, the floor plate could be raised on sleeper walls supported by economical strip foundations, and the roof plate held in position by temporary internal timber scaffolding until the entire studwork was complete.
Room of silence: Peter Hubner's latest building demonstrates how the ... by Jones, Peter Blundell / The Architectural Review
INTRODUCTION Several laboratory model test results are presently available in the literatures which are directed towards the evaluation of the ultimate and allowable bearing capacities of square and strip foundations supported by sand reinforced with materials such as metal strips, metal bars, rope fibers, geotextiles, and geogrids.
Settlement of shallow foundation on geogrid reinforced sand by Omar, Maher / Geotechnical Engineering for Disaster Mitigation and Rehabilitation
 
 
 
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