CHAPTER 4 FOUNDATIONS
1.
SCOPE. This chapter provides guidance for the site selection,
subsurface investigation, and the foundation design for hyperbaric chambers.
The foundation and structural support system of a hyperbaric chamber facility
must be designed to impose the minimum amount of strain or differential
movement in the various chamber components, and these strains must be
evaluated so that they may be considered in the design of the chamber
components and connections. Sections 1 through 4 of this chapter are
directed primarily toward guidance in design and construction of new
facilities. Section 5 contains the modifications required to adapt the
criteria given in Sections 3 and 4 as well as additional pertinent guidance
for construction of hyperbaric chambers within or adjoining existing
buildings.
2.
RELATED CRITERIA. Specific criteria required for subsurface
investigation and design of foundations are contained in the following
sources:
Subject
Source
Soil Mechanics . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . .DM 7.1
Foundations and
Earth Structures . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . .DM 7.2
Soil Dynamics, Deep
Stabilization, and
Special Geotechnical
Construction . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . .DM 7.3
Seismic Design for Buildings.
. . . . . . . . . . . . .P-355
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