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Title: Effects of Freeze-Thaw on Soil Mechanical Behavior
Accession Number: 01089564
Record Type: Component
Availability: Transportation Research Board Business Office 500 Fifth Street, NW Abstract: The variation of soil properties during the freeze-thaw cycles, especially the reduction of soil strength in the thaw stages, is the major cause of pavement damage. Preventing the reduced soil strength due to thaw is also critical for cold region transportation facilities, especially those underlain by permafrost. This paper introduces the experimental program to study on the effects of freeze-thaw on soil mechanical behaviors. An innovative TDR tube sensor was developed to nondestructively monitor the freeze/thaw process, from which the degree of freeze/thaw can be accurately determined. With the assistance of this tool, the effects of freeze/thaw on the soil mechanical behaviors including the deformation modulus, peak strength and volume change are investigated. From these measured soil mechanical properties, a simplified analyses is given to estimate the soil pressure on imbedded structures induced by freezing.
Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 01084478
Report/Paper Numbers: 08-2732
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Yu, XinbaoLiu, NinaYu, XiongPagination: 15p
Publication Date: 2008
Conference:
Transportation Research Board 87th Annual Meeting
Location:
Washington DC, United States Media Type: DVD
Features: Figures; Photos; References
(10)
; Tables
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TRT Terms: Subject Areas: Design; Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I33: Other Materials used in Pavement Layers
Source Data: Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2008 Paper #08-2732
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Jan 29 2008 5:11PM
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