Performance of an air convection embankment over ice-rich permafrost: instrumentation, monitoring, and modeling

• Main Author: Jensen, David D.
• Other Authors: Darrow, Margaret M., Shur, Yuri, Huang, Scott L.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Fairbanks; Tac; Ice; permafrost; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/5745

Thesis (M.S.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2015 Construction and monitoring of roadway embankments over ice-rich permafrost present unique challenges. The air convection embankment (ACE) is a relatively new design developed to reduce thaw settlement over ice-rich permafrost. Monitoring ACE temper...