PREVENTIVE MEASURES TO REDUCE FROST ACTION ON HIGHWAYS IN FINLAND - AND DISCUSSION

THE REPORT DESCRIBES THE METHODS USED TO DIMINISH OR PREVENT THE DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS OF FROST IN FINLAND. THE LEVELING OF THE NON-UNIFORM FROST HEAVING CAME ABOUT BY USING WEDGES ON THE BORDER OF ROCK CUTS, WHERE EMBANKMENTS AND CUTS MEET, WHERE SOIL CHANGES, AND BETWEEN BOTH SIDES OF CULVERTS. PREVENTION OR REDUCTION OF FROST HEAVING WAS BROUGHT ABOUT BY REPLACING THE FROST-SUSCEPTIBLE SOIL WITH NON-FROST-SUSCEPTIBLE SOIL OR INCREASING THE EMBANKMENT ON FRIST-SUSCEPTIBLE SOIL. ABSORPTION OF THE GROUNDWATER TABLE INTO THE BASE COURSE WAS PREVENTED BY USING AN INSULATING COURSE, LOWERING THE GROUNDWATER TABLE DEEP DRAINAGE, DITCHING OF THE ROAD OR BY CHEMICAL STABILIZATION. VERTICAL DRAIN WITH GRAVEL FILL HAS ALSO BEEN USED TO REDUCE THE SUCTION OF WATER INTO THE BORDER ZONE OF FREEZING AND TO EVAPORATE WATER FROM THE BASE AND SUBBASE COURSE. THIS REPORT ALSO DESCRIBES SOME ASPECTS TO BE CONSIDERED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF FROST-RESISTANT ROADS. /AUTHOR/

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• Authors:
  • Taivainen, O A
• Discussers:
  • Jumikis, A R
  • Gray, Hamilton
• Publication Date: 1963

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 202-216
• Monograph Title: Pavement design in frost areas ll. Design Considerations
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 33
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Absorption; Base course (Pavements); Culverts; Ditches; Electric insulating materials; Embankments; Evaporation; Excavations; Frost heaving; Frost susceptibility; Frost susceptible soil; Groundwater; Insulating materials; Methodology; Prevention; Road construction; Rocks; Soil stabilization; Soil suction; Soils; Subbase (Pavements); Water; Wedges
• Uncontrolled Terms: Change; Replacing; Stabilization; Subbase
• Geographic Terms: Finland
• Old TRIS Terms: Frost effects; Frost heave
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Geotechnology; Highways; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00237186
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Oct 7 1994 12:00AM