Frost Action Predictive Techniques for Roads and Airfields

Frost Action Predictive Techniques for Roads and Airfields
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Total Pages: 45
Release: 1987
Genre: Frost heaving
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Vol. 1: Findings from a six-year field and laboratory program of frost-action research in four principal areas are summarized. Research on the first topic, frost-susceptibility index tests, led to selection of the Corps of Engineers' frost design soil classification system as a useful method at the simplest level of testing. At a much more complex level, a new freezing test combined with a CBR test after thawing is recommended as an index of susceptibility to both frost heave and thaw weakening. Under the second topic, a soil column and dual gamma system were developed and applied to obtain soil data used in improving and validating a mathematical model of frost heave, the objective of the third research topic.

Frost Action Predictive Techniques for Roads and Airfields

Frost Action Predictive Techniques for Roads and Airfields
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 45
Release: 1987
Genre: Frost heaving
ISBN:

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Findings from a six-year yield and laboratory program of frost action research in four principal areas are summarized. Research on the first topic, frost susceptibility index tests, led to selection of the Corps of Engineers frost design soil classification system as a useful method at the simplest level of testing. At a much more complex level, a new freezing test combined with a CBR test after thawing is recommended as an index of susceptibility to both frost heave and thaw weakening. Under the second topic, a soil column and dual gamma system were developed and applied to obtain soil data used in improving and validating a mathematical model of frost heave, the objective of the third research topic. The model was effectively improved, a probabilistic component was added, and it was successfully tested against field and laboratory measurements of frost heave. A thaw consolidation algorithm was added, which was shown to be useful in predicting the seasonal variation in resilient modulus of granular soils, the objective of the fourth topic. A laboratory testing procedure was developed for assessing the resilient modulus of thawed soil at various stages of the recovery process, as a function of the applied stress and the soil moisture tension, which increases as the soil gradually desaturates during recovery. The procedure was validated by means of appropriate analyses of deflections measured on pavements by a falling-weight deflectometer. Frameworks for implementing findings from the principal research topics are outlined. Keywords: Airfields, Freezing thawing, Frost heave, Frozen soil, Resilient modulus, Roads.

Frost Action in Roads and Airfields

Frost Action in Roads and Airfields
Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Highway Research Board
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Total Pages: 314
Release: 1952
Genre: Frost
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Frost Action in Roads and Airfields

Frost Action in Roads and Airfields
Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Highway Research Board
Publisher:
Total Pages: 287
Release: 1952
Genre: Frost
ISBN:

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