Climatic Soil Freezing Modeled in Centrifuge
Publication: Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Volume 124, Issue 12
Abstract
Experimental evidence is produced using two soils that support the hypothesis that small-scale models frozen on a centrifuge for several hours can simulate correctly full-scale soil freezing response developing in the field over one or more winters. This is not the case in small 1g models. The conclusion is based on three observations: first, that model data produce self-consistent results from tests conducted at different scales; second, that model thin sections show general scaling of ice formation; and third, that heave developing in the field under broadly similar conditions shows broadly similar heave characteristics. A small series of tests to investigate effects on heave of various temperature regimes that might exist in the field also is included.
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Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Volume 124 • Issue 12 • December 1998
Pages: 1186 - 1194
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Copyright © 1998 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Dec 1, 1998
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