HEAT-INSULATED FOOTING Russian patent published in 2008 - IPC E02D27/01 

FIELD: constructional engineering.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to constructions on heaving soils. House footing based on freezing through soils includes a rigid body with flanges and indents from soil side, footing indent inserts made of heat-insulating material, e.g. polystyrene foam at such ratio of flange and footing indent areas that soil pressure from the lower flange surface is not less than standard pressure of frost soil heaving, soil pressure from the lower insert surface is not exceeding design compression resistance of insert material. Also, the said footing contains supplementary heat insulation laid outside of the footing. The upper edge of supplementary heat insulation is passed from external edge of the footing in the form of interrupted inserts through rigid body of the footing and connected to supplementary heat insulation of opposite external edge of the footing. Relative area of interrupted inserts (β=A_int.ins./A₀) is given by the relation β≤1-σ_max/R, where A_int.ins. is sectional area of interrupted inserts, m², A₀ is gross sectional area of the footing within inserts arrangement regions, m², σ_max is maximum external load pressure in footing material, MPa, R is design resistance of footing material, MPa. Indents and flanges of the footing from soil side are alternating along footing length. Indents centres from soil sides are provided under interrupted inserts centres of supplementary heat insulation from each external edge of the footing.

EFFECT: possibility to lay foundation above the design depth of heaving soil frost penetration level.

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