Study of freezing phenomena in some arctic soils.

• Main Author: Windisch, Stephen. J.
• Other Authors: McCutcheon, J. (Supervisor)
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: McGill University 1963
• Subjects: Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics; Arctic; Lake Hazen
• Online Access: http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=115320

The limitations of the presently available techniques concerning the prediction of frost effects were pointed out. A freezing apparatus was designed and constructed to conduct laboratory freezing tests on Arctic soils. The experimental observations did not agree with predictions based on the current...