Performance of an insulated roadway on permafrost, Inuvik, N.W.T.

• Main Author: Johnston, G. H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1983
• Subjects: permafrost; pergélisol; soils; sol (terre); highways; route principale; insulating (activity); isolation (opération); thermal insulating materials; isolant thermique; cold regions; zone froide; Gravier; Inuvik
• Online Access: https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/eng/view/ft/?id=1bbd3ecc-4814-4fd5-ba31-6ccf93495bfb; https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/eng/view/object/?id=1bbd3ecc-4814-4fd5-ba31-6ccf93495bfb; https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/fra/voir/objet/?id=1bbd3ecc-4814-4fd5-ba31-6ccf93495bfb

In 1972 four insulated and two uninsulated test sections were installed and instrumented on the Mackenzie Highway (a gravel-surfaced, all-season road) near Inuvik, N.W.T., to evaluate the use of extruded polystyrene board insulation to control permafrost degradation. Two test sections were insulated...