Frost Susceptibility of Soil, Review of Index Tests,

Abstract

Methods of determining the frost susceptibility of soils are identified and presented in this report. More than one hundred criteria were found, the most common based on particle size caharacteristics. These particle size criteria are frequently augmented by information such as grain size distribution, uniformity coefficients and Atterberg limits. Information on permeability, mineralogy and soil classification has also been used. More complex methods requiring pore size distribution, moisture-tension, hydraulic-conductivity, heave-stress, and frost-heave tests have also been proposed. However, none has proven to be the universal test for determining the frost susceptibility of soils. Based on this survey, four methods are proposed for further study. They are the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Frost Susceptibility Classification System, the moisture-tension hydraulic-conductivity test, a new frost-heave test, and the CBR-after-thaw test. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA111752

Entities

People

  • Edwin J. Chamberlain

Organizations

  • Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil Engineering
  • Cold Regions
  • Groundwater
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Of Fusion
  • Isotherms
  • Measurement
  • Mechanics
  • Mineralogy
  • Particle Size
  • Phyllosilicates
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Soil Classification
  • Soil Science
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States

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  • Geotechnical Engineering.
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