From guillory@blkbox.com Fri Sep 16 04:49:28 EDT 1994
Article: 113 of misc.survivalism
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From: guillory@blkbox.com (George Guillory)
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Subject: Re: Reinforced Concrete Specifications?
Date: 16 Sep 1994 02:42:41 GMT
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Murray Brain Calvert (mcalvert@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA) wrote:
: I am planning to build an earth-sheltered house in the country (None of
: your business where!). I would like the structure to withstand a major
: earthquake or atomic blast from 10 miles away. I estimate that the load
: could be 2000 pounds per square foot. Has anyone out there built a
: reinforced concrete structure that could advise me on references for
: structural engineering? Also I can't find much about design life, i.e.
: how long before the rebar rusts.

A good book on this subject is "The Survival Home Manual" by Joel 
Skousen. He does consultancy work also. The edition I have is 1982 and 
has an address of Joel Skousen, Survival Homes Corp, 4270 Westcliff Dr., 
Hood River, OR, 97031.

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