Frost heave susceptibility of saturated soil under constant rate of freezing

Technical Report · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:6033765

Ryokai, K; Iguro, M; Yoneyama, K

Introduced are the results of experiments carried out to quantitatively obtain the frost heave pressure and displacement of soil subjected to artificial freezing or freezing around in-ground liquefied natural gas storage tanks. This experiment is conducted to evaluate the frost heave susceptibility of saturated soil under overconsolidation. In other words, this experiment was carried out to obtain the relation of the over-burden pressure and freezing rate to the frost heave ratio by observing the frost heave displacement and freezing time of specimens by freezing the specimens at a constant freezing rate under a constant overburden pressure, while letting water freely flow in and out of the system. Introduced are the procedures for frost heave test required to quantitatively obtain the frost heave displacement and pressure of soil. Furthermore, the relation between the frost heave susceptibility and physical properties of soil obtained by this test is reported.

• Research Organization: Shimizu Construction Co. Ltd., Tokyo (Japan)
• OSTI ID: 6033765
• Report Number(s): N-8315723
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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FOSSIL FUELS
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SOIL MECHANICS
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