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THE RATE OF FROST PENETRATION INTO THE EARTH'S SURFACE DURING FREEZING WEATHER VARIES TO A MARKED DEGREE, WITH CHANGES IN ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE. BY MEANS OF LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS IT HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED THAT MOVEMENTS OF THE FROST LINE, FIRST UPWARD AND THEN DOWNWARD, RESULT IN THE FORMATION OF ICE PLATES, WHICH THROUGH SUCCESSIVE FLUCTUATIONS MAY BECOME THICK ENOUGH OR NUMEROUS ENOUGH TO CAUSE EXCESSIVE HEAVING. THESE RESULTS INDICATE THAT EXCESSIVE HEAVING MAY OCCUR IN SOIL OF ALMOST ANY GRADING OR TEXTURE PROVIDING AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF WATER IS PRESENT OR AVAILABLE. SINCE CAPILLARY WATER CANNOT BE REMOVED BY ARTIFICIAL DRAINAGE, THOSE TEXTURES WHICH ARE CAPABLE OF SUPPLYING ENOUGH WATER BY CAPILLARITY TO CAUSE HEAVING ON ACCOUNT OF FROST LINE FLUCTUATIONS, SHOULD BE REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH MATERIAL THAT WILL DRAIN. ELIMINATION OF FROST HEAVING IN COARSE MATERIALS INVOLVES ONLY PROVISION FOR DRAINAGE. THESE CONCLUSIONS ARE SUBSTANTIATED BY THE FACT THAT FROST ACTION WAS ELIMINATED LAST WINTER AT SOME TWO HUNDRED LOCATIONS IN MICHIGAN THROUGH SPECIAL TREATMENT. /AUTHOR/

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Highway Research Board Proceedings

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Capillarity; Capillary water; Drainage; Freezing; Frost; Frost action; Frost heaving soils; Ice; Soils; Temperature; Texture; Theory; Water resources

Frost penetration

Geotechnology; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology

TRIS, TRB

Jul 29 1994 12:00AM

• DISCUSSION ON FROST HEAVING
• DISCUSSION ON LOW COST BRIDGES
• ECONOMICS OF LOW COST BRIDGES
• ECONOMICS OF LOW COST HIGHWAY BRIDGES
• ECONOMICS OF LOW COST HIGHWAY BRIDGES
• FACTORS AFFECTING VOLUME CHANGES IN CONCRETE AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE IN DESIGN
• FIELD EXPERIMENTS IN SUBGRADE DRAINAGE AND TREATMENT
• FIELD METHODS FOR MEASURING TIRE WEAR
• Fillers and Bedding Courses for Brick Pavements
• FUNCTIONS OF STEEL REINFORCEMENT IN CONCRETE PAVEMENTS AND PAVEMENT BASES
• LOAD LIMITATIONS ON HIGHWAYS
• LOW COST STEEL HIGHWAY-BRIDGES
• REPORT ON CULVERT INVESTIGATION
• REPORT ON STATE CONTROL OF TRAFFIC
• REPORT ON TRAFFIC LAW OBSERVANCE AND ENFORCEMENT METHODS
• REPORT ON VEHICLE AND HIGHWAY MECHANICS AS RELATED TO TRAFFIC
• RESISTANCE OF CONCRETE TO FROST ACTION AS AFFECTED BY THE WATER-CEMENT RATIO
• SOME PRINCIPLES OF SOIL SURVEYING AND SOIL MAPPING FOR ROAD PURPOSES
• TAXATION AND EXPENDITURES IN THE STATE OF WISCONSIN
• THE AIR RESISTANCE OF MOTOR VEHICLES
• THE ECONOMICS OF LOW COST BRIDGES
• THE EFFECT OF HOT CEMENT ON TIME OF SET AND WORKABILITY OF CONCRETE
• THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CALCIUM CHLORIDE AS A DUST PALLIATIVE AND ITS VALUE TO GENERAL ROAD MAINTENANCE
• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SODIUM SULFATE AND FREEZING AND THAWING TESTS OF MINERAL AGGREGATES
• TRAFFIC CAPACITY
• TREATMENT OF ICY PAVEMENTS
• USE OF CONCRETE AS AN ECONOMIC HIGHWAY BRIDGE MATERIAL
• VOLUME CHANGES IN CONCRETE SLABS IN THE FIELD