Experimental and Theoretical Studies of the Mechanism of Frost Heaving.

• Main Authors: Chalmers,Bruce, Jackson,Kenneth A.
• Other Authors: HARVARD UNIV CAMBRIDGE MASS DIV OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED PHYSICS
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1970
• Subjects: Soil Mechanics; Civil Engineering; (*FROST HEAVE; THEORY); (*CONSTRUCTION; ARCTIC REGIONS); SOILS; PRESSURE; ICE; INTERFACES; HEAT TRANSFER; FLUID FLOW; DIFFUSION; FREEZING; PERMEABILITY; NUCLEATION; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; *COLD WEATHER CONSTRUCTION; Arctic; Chalmers
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0714641; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0714641

The paper discusses the Jackson and Chalmers theory of frost heave and describes attempts to verify it experimentally. The theory takes into account the local thermal conditions in the soil and the permeability of the soil. The theory predicts (or explains) stationary ice lens formation, where there...