EFFECT OF MINERALOGICAL COMPOSITION OF FINES ON FROST SUSCEPTIBILITY OF SOILS.

• Main Authors: Lambe,T. W., Kaplar,C. W., Lambie,T. J.
• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER N H
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1969
• Subjects: Soil Mechanics; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; (*SOILS; FROST HEAVE); (*SOIL MECHANICS; COLD WEATHER TESTS); FREEZING; MINERALS; PARTICLE SIZE; CLAY; SAND; SILT; TEST METHODS; CORRELATION TECHNIQUES; IONS; FROST SUSCEPTIBILITY; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0697134; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0697134

A 3-year program of laboratory testing led to some correlations between the mineralogical composition and the frost susceptibility of soils. Freezing tests were performed on about 400 artificially blended specimens with various amounts and different kinds of mineral fines mixed with a clean sand, a silt, a lean clay and a heavy clay. The tests demonstrate the frost heave effects of various fines. (Author)