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Causes of deformations and crack formation in an administrative building in Magadan

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Causes of the deformation of a building in Magadan are examined. It is established that the cause of crack formation in the administrative building is loss of strength by brick masonry as a result of waterlogging of the lower section of the wall due to entry of atmospheric moisture and ground water of the seasonally thawing layer through the poorly protected socle and rubble-concrete foundation, which is devoid of waterproofing.

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  1. Northeastern Scientific-Research Frost Station, P. I. Mel’nikov Institute of Frost Science, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Magadan, Russia

    V. P. Vlasov

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Translated from Osnovaniya, Fundamenty i Mekhanika Gruntov, No. 4, pp. 28-31, July-August, 2009.

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Vlasov, V.P. Causes of deformations and crack formation in an administrative building in Magadan. Soil Mech Found Eng 46, 158–162 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11204-009-9058-8

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