Updated NAVFAC DM7.1 5

[Lomarandil]

For all the NAVFAC fans, a coworker just pointed out that a new edition has been published.. and bucking the trend with other UFC adaptations, this appears to be a substantive update with new research and correlations added alongside the old material.

https://www.wbdg.org/ffc/dod/unified-facilities-criteria-ufc/ufc-3-220-10

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just call me Lo.

 

[dik]

Hi Lo... and thanks.

Rather than think climate change and the corona virus as science, think of it as the wrath of God. Feel any better?

-Dik

 

[EireChch]

Any idea when 7.2 will be updated?

 

[MTNClimber]

Thanks Lo.

EireChch - It appears that DM 7.2/7.02 is considered out of date. They don't even offer it on the UFC website. I hope they update it but I wouldn't bet on it.

 

[Settingsun]

MTNClimber, could go either way. DM7.1/7.01 was superseded in 2005 by UFC 3-220-01N, which was then replaced by a 35-page document w/o the N suffix and was just an add/delete supplement to IBC. With DM7.1 making a comeback, maybe there's somewhere there who wants to pivot back to full technical/textbook documents.

 

[MTNClimber]

That would be great. I'm crossing my fingers.

 

[geotechguy1]

Great update! Thanks for sharing

 

[FacEngrPE]

One copy of DM7,2 has this preface.

An Annotated Reproduction of NAVFAC Design Manual 7.2 Foundations and Earth Structures[/url]PLEASE NOTE
This is the second volume of an extraordinary document, published in 1982, that is now considerably
out‐of‐date and is no longer a sanctioned publication of the US Government. NAVFAC DM 7.2 is
provided here as a reference because of the incredible density of highly practical geotechnical design guidance it contains. It is also of significant historical interest, and when combined with DM 7.1, it represents perhaps THE principle compendium of geotechnical knowledge used by designers between 1982 and around the turn of the century. The importance of the Federal labs (particularly FHWA, Bureau of Reclamation, Army and Navy labs) in pushing the practice of geotechnical engineering forward between 1930 and around the time of the publication of this manual cannot be overstated, and this manual is a testament to that heritage. Thus, you are holding in your hands (or in your computer memory) a great reference for preliminary design guidance and a knowledge artifact that will be recognized by nearly every senior practicing geotechnical engineer. This copy of NAVFAC DM 7.2 (1982) has been updated to comply in spirit with NAVFAC DM 7.02 (1986). DM 7.02 was actually a very minor update of DM 7.2 made mostly to correct some out‐of‐date numbers
that referenced relatively obscure Federal publications. This reproduction has considerable advantages over the widely‐distributed and much‐appreciated PDF version that has been floating around the net.
That version was hosted at Vulcan Hammer’s site (many thanks!) for years. The asterisks and
parentheses that were the artifact of an early PDF conversion have been replaced in this version with the lines originally intended. Further, Greek symbols and the size of the figures are as per the original paper publication of 1982 rather than the shrunken versions. The resulting file size is much bigger, of course, but I believe the improved quality is worth it.
Enjoy this historic document, but please use it with caution.
J Ledlie Klosky