Revised Procedure for Pavement Design under Seasonal Frost Conditions.

• Main Authors: Berg,Richard L, Johnson,Thaddeus C
• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER NH
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1983
• Subjects: Soil Mechanics; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; Civil Engineering; *Pavements; *Frost; Army facilities; Air Force facilities; Freezing; Seasonal variations; Soils; Ice; Layers; Bases(Structures); Soil stabilization; Materials; Frost heave; Cracking(Fracturing); Prevention; Base courses; Subgrades; PE62730A; AST42; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA134480; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA134480

This report presents engineering guidance and design criteria for pavements at Army and Air Force facilities in seasonal frost areas. Design methods for controlling surface roughness and loss of subgrade strength during thawing petiods are provided. Criteria for using thermal insulating materials and membrane encapsulated soil layers in seasonal frost areas are presented. Six design examples are included. (Author)