Cryopedological Research in the Construction of Dams under Severe Climatic Conditions (Geokriologicheskie Issledovaniia pri Stroitel'stve Plotin v Surovykh Klimaticheskikh Usloviiakh)

• Main Authors: Tsytovich,N A, Kronik,Ya A
• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER N H
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1977
• Subjects: Civil Engineering; *COLD REGIONS; *CONSTRUCTION; *DAMS; USSR; CONCRETE; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; FREEZING; TRANSLATIONS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; FROST HEAVE; PERMAFROST; Earth dams; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA037656; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA037656

This article will review some of the initial results of complex cryopedological research based on the physiocochemistry, physics, and mechanics of frozen soils, conducted by the Mechanics of Soils, Bases, and Foundations Section of the Department of Hydraulic Engineering at the V.V. Kuybyshev Moscow Construction Engineering Institute. (Author) Trans. from Sbornik Trudov po Gidrotekhnike i Gidrostroitel'stva pri Stroitel'stve Plotin v Surovykh Klimaticheskikh Usloviyakh (USSR) 1970.