Changes in Soil Properties on Freezing and Thawing (Izmenenie Svoistv Gruntov pri Promerzanii i Ottaivanii)

• Main Authors: Tsytovich,N. A., Martynov,G. A., Shusherina,E. P., Dostovalov,B. N.
• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER N H
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1971
• Subjects: Soil Mechanics; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; (*SOIL MECHANICS; FREEZING); (*PERMAFROST; SOILS); THERMAL PROPERTIES; MOISTURE; ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; PHASE STUDIES; MELTING; POROSITY; HEAT FLUX; USSR; *FREEZING; *SOILS; TRANSLATIONS; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0739953; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0739953

Frozen soils, particularly the dispersed ones, are extremely susceptible to external influences. The slightest changes in the value of their negative temperature or chemical composition of water, variations in external pressure, etc. are reflected significantly on the frozen soils' properties. The report discusses the following topics: Effect of freezing on certain physical and physico-mechanical properties of soils; Effect of thawing on variation in frozen soils' properties; Variation in physico-mechanical properties of soils as a result of a freeze-thaw cycle. Draft trans. of Akademiya Nauk SSSR. Institut Merzlotovedeniya. Materialy po Laboratornym Issledovaniyam Merzlykh Gruntov, n3 p84-114 1957.