FROST SUSCEPTIBILITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE BASE COURSES

The report contains an extensive discussion of the mechanics of frost heave, based on a literature survey. The laboratory evaluation, by use of freezing apparatus developed by the U.S. Army's Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, supplemented by various physical-property tests, of u...

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Main Authors: Biddiscombe,James F., Zoller,J. Harold, Sanborn,John L.
Other Authors: NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIV DURHAM DEPT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1966
Subjects:
Soil Mechanics
Civil Engineering
(*ROADS
FREEZING)
(*REINFORCING MATERIALS
*FROST HEAVE)
SOILS
ICE
PENETRATION
COLD WEATHER TESTS
DEPOSITS
PARTICLE SIZE
PERMEABILITY
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
PLANNING
NEW HAMPSHIRE
EVALUATION
HEAVE RATES
PELTIER BATTERY TESTS
Peltier
Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0679615
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0679615
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Summary:The report contains an extensive discussion of the mechanics of frost heave, based on a literature survey. The laboratory evaluation, by use of freezing apparatus developed by the U.S. Army's Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, supplemented by various physical-property tests, of unsatisfactory base course materials from three sources is also reported. The freezing tests were made on samples of: (1) unaltered material and (2) on specimens for which the normal percentage smaller than 0.02 mm. was reduced by either removing some of the material passing the No. 200 sieve or adding material retained on the No. 4 sieve. General conclusions were that: (1) some of the pavement distress in the sampled sections was not the result of detrimental frost action in the base course; (2) reduction in fines reduced the frost susceptibility of the materials; and (3) in addition to percentage smaller than 0.02 mm., gradation or particle size distribution, capillarity and permeability affect the frost susceptibility of materials, and should be further investigated. (BPR abstract) Sponsored by New Hampshire Department of Public Roads and Highways, and Bureau of Public Roads, Washington, D. C. See also Supplemental rept. no. 1, AD-679 616.

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