EARTHWORK UNDER WINTER CONDITIONS.

• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER N H
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1970
• Subjects: Soil Mechanics; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; Structural Engineering and Building Technology; (*SOILS; FREEZING); (*EARTH HANDLING EQUIPMENT; ARCTIC REGIONS); MELTING; FROST HEAVE; PERMAFROST; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; EXPLOSION EFFECTS; CONSTRUCTION; FOUNDATIONS(STRUCTURES); USSR; WINTER; TRANSLATIONS; Arctic; Rabot; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0711890; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0711890

The manual gives information on the physical and mechanical properties of frozen ground, methods for their loosening and thawing and methods for safeguarding the ground from freezing. Also given are the characteristics of earthwork in winter (in-applicable to areas of permafrost) and the technical a...