Mathematical Model to Correlate Frost Heave of Pavements with Laboratory Predictions

• Main Authors: Berg,R L, Guymon,G L, Johnson,T C
• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER NH
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1980
• Subjects: Soil Mechanics; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; Numerical Mathematics; *SOIL DYNAMICS; *FROST HEAVE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; LABORATORY TESTS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; PAVEMENTS; MOISTURE CONTENT; SOILS; FREEZING; MATHEMATICAL PREDICTION; PAVEMENT BASES; PE62730A; AST42; WU004; Nicholson; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA084737; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA084737

A mathematical model of coupled heat and moisture flow in soils has been developed. The model includes algorithms for phase change of soil moisture and frost heave and permits several types of boundary and initial conditions. The finite element method of weighted residual (Galerkin procedure) was ch...