Signboard Footings

[svenseven]

Does anyone have or know where I can find "Signboard Footings to Resist Wind Loads", Civil Engineering, 1966?

Thanks in advance!

svenseven@yahoo.com

 

[Ron]

sven....any article in Civil Engineering magazine is copyrighted and cannot be reprinted here...I have been published in CE magazine and I have to buy my own article!

As for the subject, there have been many article written on this and there have been discussions here in Eng-Tips. Do a search and see what you find.

Unless you have a specific forensic need, this is an old article and it would be somewhat irrelevant to today's requirements.

 

[FixedEarth]

You can support the signboard with a shallow foundation if the lateral loads are small, say, 5 kips or less. You can also support it by a deep foundation. Look for foundation design book that covers "shallow foundation with horizontal load and moment" & "design of laterally loaded foundations". Try this book:

http://www.amazon.com/Geotechnical-...=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1324630070&sr=1-3

 

[RFreund]

Another good source for these type of shallow foundations:

ASAE: Shallow foundation design -

http://bse.wisc.edu/bohnhoff/Publications/Copyrighted/EP486_1.pdf

EIT

 

[Ron]

Also, many Departments of Transportation in the US have procedures for foundation design of cantilevered traffic light poles, which are similar to signs.

 

[svenseven]

Thanks guys! I saw reference to the Civil Engineering atricle in the AASHTO Standard Specifications for Structural Supports for Highway Signs, Luminaires, and Traffic Signals. Just wanted to take a look at it.