Frost Investigations. Fiscal Year 1951. Cold Room Studies. Volume 1.
The report presents the results of cold room studies of frost action in soils which were performed between February 1950 and the end of Fiscal Year 1951 by the Frost Effects Laboratory, New England Division, Corps of Engineers. The investigations are being conducted for the Airfield Branch, Office o...
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ftdtic:AD0721103 2023-05-15T16:37:16+02:00 Frost Investigations. Fiscal Year 1951. Cold Room Studies. Volume 1. ARCTIC CONSTRUCTION AND FROST EFFECTS LAB BOSTON MASS 1951-06 text/html http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0721103 http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0721103 en eng http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0721103 APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE DTIC AND NTIS Soil Mechanics Snow Ice and Permafrost Test Facilities Equipment and Methods *SOILS TEST METHODS FROST HEAVE COLD WEATHER TESTS SIMULATION ROADS LANDING FIELDS PAVEMENTS ICE PERMAFROST PARTICLE SIZE FREEZING MELTING COMPRESSIVE PROPERTIES PERMEABILITY MILITARY REQUIREMENTS FROST ACTION *FREEZING Text 1951 ftdtic 2016-02-21T14:42:52Z The report presents the results of cold room studies of frost action in soils which were performed between February 1950 and the end of Fiscal Year 1951 by the Frost Effects Laboratory, New England Division, Corps of Engineers. The investigations are being conducted for the Airfield Branch, Office of the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, as part of a continuing program of frost investigations aimed toward establishing and improving engineering design and evaluation criteria for roads, highways and airfield pavements constructed on soils which are subject to seasonal freezing and thawing. The studies are being conducted chiefly to determine the effects of each of the individual factors which influence ice segregation in soils, including gradation, per cent finer than 0.02 mm., per cent and size of aggregate greater than 2.0 mm., degree of compaction, surcharge pressures, initial degree of saturation in a closed system, alternate cycles of freeze-thaw, admixtures, capillarity, condensation, proximity of water supply, rate of penetration of 32F. temperature, mineral composition of fine soil fraction, and permeability. (Author) See also Volume 2, AD-712 623. Text Ice permafrost Defense Technical Information Center: DTIC Technical Reports database |
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Soil Mechanics Snow Ice and Permafrost Test Facilities Equipment and Methods *SOILS TEST METHODS FROST HEAVE COLD WEATHER TESTS SIMULATION ROADS LANDING FIELDS PAVEMENTS ICE PERMAFROST PARTICLE SIZE FREEZING MELTING COMPRESSIVE PROPERTIES PERMEABILITY MILITARY REQUIREMENTS FROST ACTION *FREEZING |
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Soil Mechanics Snow Ice and Permafrost Test Facilities Equipment and Methods *SOILS TEST METHODS FROST HEAVE COLD WEATHER TESTS SIMULATION ROADS LANDING FIELDS PAVEMENTS ICE PERMAFROST PARTICLE SIZE FREEZING MELTING COMPRESSIVE PROPERTIES PERMEABILITY MILITARY REQUIREMENTS FROST ACTION *FREEZING Frost Investigations. Fiscal Year 1951. Cold Room Studies. Volume 1. |
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Soil Mechanics Snow Ice and Permafrost Test Facilities Equipment and Methods *SOILS TEST METHODS FROST HEAVE COLD WEATHER TESTS SIMULATION ROADS LANDING FIELDS PAVEMENTS ICE PERMAFROST PARTICLE SIZE FREEZING MELTING COMPRESSIVE PROPERTIES PERMEABILITY MILITARY REQUIREMENTS FROST ACTION *FREEZING |
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The report presents the results of cold room studies of frost action in soils which were performed between February 1950 and the end of Fiscal Year 1951 by the Frost Effects Laboratory, New England Division, Corps of Engineers. The investigations are being conducted for the Airfield Branch, Office of the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, as part of a continuing program of frost investigations aimed toward establishing and improving engineering design and evaluation criteria for roads, highways and airfield pavements constructed on soils which are subject to seasonal freezing and thawing. The studies are being conducted chiefly to determine the effects of each of the individual factors which influence ice segregation in soils, including gradation, per cent finer than 0.02 mm., per cent and size of aggregate greater than 2.0 mm., degree of compaction, surcharge pressures, initial degree of saturation in a closed system, alternate cycles of freeze-thaw, admixtures, capillarity, condensation, proximity of water supply, rate of penetration of 32F. temperature, mineral composition of fine soil fraction, and permeability. (Author) See also Volume 2, AD-712 623. |
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Frost Investigations. Fiscal Year 1951. Cold Room Studies. Volume 1. |
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Frost Investigations. Fiscal Year 1951. Cold Room Studies. Volume 1. |
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Frost Investigations. Fiscal Year 1951. Cold Room Studies. Volume 1. |
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Frost Investigations. Fiscal Year 1951. Cold Room Studies. Volume 1. |
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Frost Investigations. Fiscal Year 1951. Cold Room Studies. Volume 1. |
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frost investigations. fiscal year 1951. cold room studies. volume 1. |
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