Raised Foundations
A raised foundation is a foundation that is raised up off of the ground usually by CMUs (cinder blocks). Tralier homes have raised foundations because they are held up off of the ground by the cinder blocks which the house rests on. A raised foundation is a shallow foundation.
An example of an unstable home after and earthquake would be a home with a raised foundation. (A trailer home is an example of a raised foundation.) On the raised foundation the home would be able to either move up off of its support (which would normally be CMUs or cinder blocks) or the foundation and home could start to move and spread apart like what happened in our experiment.
An example of an unstable home after and earthquake would be a home with a raised foundation. (A trailer home is an example of a raised foundation.) On the raised foundation the home would be able to either move up off of its support (which would normally be CMUs or cinder blocks) or the foundation and home could start to move and spread apart like what happened in our experiment.