Designing Roads to Protect Against Ground Frost in Sweden (Die Bemessung der Strassen gegen Bodenfrost in Schweden),

Abstract

Table of contents: Designing roads to protect against ground frost in Sweden; Tests on the use of thermal-insulating layers in road construction; Electric analog tests for studying thermal insulating layers in roads; Temperature studies on concrete pavements with and without thermal insulating layers; Experience gained from experimental sections laid with insulating courses of foamed plastics; Testing frost inhibiting layers in Edsvalla, Sweden; Heat and moisture conditions inconnection with insulating layers used as frost protection in road construction; Thermal insulation of roadways against frost heaves; Experiences with frost protection using various thermal insulating materials in Finland, 1965-1968; Frost protection through use of thermal insulating courses.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0874910

Entities

People

  • Folke Rengmark

Organizations

  • Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorbers (Materials)
  • Biomedical And Dental Materials
  • Composite Materials
  • Concrete
  • Construction
  • Construction Materials
  • Expanded Plastics
  • Films
  • Insulation
  • Materials
  • Moisture
  • Pavements
  • Plastics
  • Polymeric Films
  • Reinforced Plastics
  • Roads
  • Thermal Insulation

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP).
  • Geotechnical Engineering.
  • Polymer Science and Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene