Freezing rate and frost heave of soils
Abstract
Results obtained through analyzing the relationships existing among freezing speed, expansion speed on freezing, negative temperature gradient, expansion rate, and frost heave are discussed. When a soil is freezing at a lower temperature, there exists a greater temperature gradient, higher freezing speed, and a higher expansion speed on freezing from which a higher expansion rate results. Water content, type of soil, and temperature are important factors.
- Publication:
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In CRREL Proc. of the 3d Intern. Symp. on Ground Freezing
- Pub Date:
- 1982
- Bibcode:
- 1982crre.proc..255H
- Keywords:
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- Freezing;
- Heaving;
- Soils;
- Hydrology;
- Moisture Content;
- Rates (Per Time);
- Soil Mechanics;
- Temperature Gradients;
- Geophysics