Shear Strength of Frozen Grounds and Its Dependence on Texture

• Main Author: Pekarskaya,N. K.
• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER N H
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1965
• Subjects: Soil Mechanics; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; (*SOIL MECHANICS; SHEAR STRESSES); TEMPERATURE; FRICTION; FOUNDATIONS(STRUCTURES); CONSTRUCTION; ICE; RHEOLOGY; PLASTIC PROPERTIES; CREEP; SAND; CLAY; DEFORMATION; USSR; COHESION; *FREEZING; *SOILS; TRANSLATIONS; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0715091; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0715091

Contents: Status of the problem. Initial premises for study of strength of frozen ground; Research methods; Experimental investigations of the resistance of frozen grounds to shear; Influence of temperature of frozen grounds on their strength; Strength of frozen grounds of different texture and ice content under rapid application of load; Strength of frozen grounds of different texture under the prolonged application of a load. Trans. of mono. Prochnost Merzlykh Gruntov pri Sdvige i ee Zavisimost ot Tekstury, Moscow, 1963 p3-108.