Investigation of Description, Classification, and Strength Properties of Frozen Soils. Report of Investigations Fiscal Year 1951. Volume I. With Appendix A.

The report presents the results of an exploratory test series which constitutes the initial phase of an investigational program whose purpose is to determine methods of describing and classifying frozen soils and to determine the strength characteristics of frozen soils. The investigation was perfor...

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Other Authors: SNOW ICE AND PERMAFROST RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT WILMETTE ILL
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1952
Subjects:
Soil Mechanics
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
*SOILS
*SOIL MECHANICS
FREEZING
CLASSIFICATION
IDENTIFICATION
COMPRESSIVE PROPERTIES
TENSILE PROPERTIES
FLEXURAL STRENGTH
SHEAR STRESSES
TEST FACILITIES
DEFORMATION
STATISTICAL DATA
TABLES(DATA)
FROST ACTION
*FREEZING
Ice
permafrost
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0721745
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Summary:The report presents the results of an exploratory test series which constitutes the initial phase of an investigational program whose purpose is to determine methods of describing and classifying frozen soils and to determine the strength characteristics of frozen soils. The investigation was performed by the Frost Effects Laboratory, New England Division, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, for the Snow, Ice and Permafrost Research Establishment, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, located at Wilmette, Illinois. (Author) See also Volume 2, AD-721 746. Also available as PB-112 248.

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