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https://hdl.handle.net/11681/12308| Title: | A freeze-thaw test to determine the frost susceptibility of soils |
| Authors: | United States. Federal Highway Administration United States. Federal Aviation Administration Chamberlain, Edwin J. |
| Keywords: | Airfields Pavement design Frost-susceptible soils Roads Frost susceptibility test |
| Publisher: | Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (U.S.) Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.) |
| Series/Report no.: | Special report (Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (U.S.)) ; 87-1. |
| Description: | Special Report Abstract: A new freezing test for determining the frost susceptibility of soils is presented to supplant the standard CRREL freezing test currently specified by the Corps of Engineers. This test reduces the time required to determine the frost susceptibility of a soil in half. It also allows for the determination of both the frost heave and thaw weakening susceptibilities and considers the effects of freeze-thaw cycling. The new freezing test eliminates much of the variability in test results caused by the human element by completely automating the temperature control and data observations. |
| Rights: | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11681/12308 |
| Appears in Collections: | Special Report |
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| SR-87-1.pdf | 2.96 MB | Adobe PDF |  View/Open |