STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS OF UNDERGROUND PARKING GARAGES

THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES THE DEMANDS MADE ON AN UNDERGROUND PARKING STRUCTURE, AND REFERS TO THE PROBLEMS OF GROUND WATER, EARTH PRESSURE, LOADS FROM TRAFFIC, SUPPORTS, AND FIRE RESISTANCE. SOME CONSTRUCTION METHODS ARE DESCRIBED IN DETAIL: THE OPEN CONSTRUCTION METHOD, THE CAISSON METHOD, THE WELL METHOD AND THE GALLERY CONSTRUCTION METHOD.

• Publication Date: 1971-9

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 507-10
• Serial:
  • Strassen, Dusseldorf /Germany/
  • Volume: 69
  • Issue Number: 9

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction management; Earth pressure; Fire resistance; Groundwater; Loads; Structural supports; Underground parking garages
• Old TRIS Terms: Supports
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00210126
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 29 2004 6:30PM