Justification for Determination of the Depth of an Active Zone Based on the II Group of Limiting States

Abstract

The problems of the amendments in the updated edition of SNIP 2.02.01-83 * “Foundations of buildings and structures" SP 22.13330.2011 “Foundations of buildings and structures” are discussed in the article". Theoretically, the depth of the core is not justified anywhere and the restrictions are made only on the basis of experimental data. The importance of the amendments should be displayed theoretically. In according to the newly adopted regulatory framework the results of the foundation settlement calculations for the limited states of the second (II) group by the layer-stack summation method with the justification of the amendments in the updated edition of SNIP 2.02.01-83 * "Foundations of buildings and structures" SP 22.13330.2011 "Foundations of buildings and structures” are shown in this article. In the second part of the article the optimum width selection calculation results of projected foundation and identification of the economic benefits of decisions made are shown.