GROUND FREEZING FOR CONSTRUCTION

In the last decade, ground freezing has become a proven construction alternative for providing temporary ground support and groundwater control for excavations in difficult soil conditions. The risks and costs included in such alternatives as dewatering, slurry walls, grouting, or caissons can be substantial even with thorough geotechnical investigations and conservative design. Some of the main advantages of ground freezing are that the method is less sensitive to geologic prediction than others, provides such temporary functions as excavation support, groundwater control, and structural underpinning, and is adaptable to practically any size, shape or depth of excavation.

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  American Society of Civil Engineers

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• Authors:
  • Braun, B
  • Nash, W R
• Publication Date: 1985-1

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 54-56
• Serial:
  • Civil Engineering
  • Volume: 55
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0885-7024
  • Serial URL: http://www.pubs.asce.org/ceonline/newce/html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Dewatering; Excavations; Foundations; Freezing; Freezing point; Frozen soils; Ground freezing; Ground settlement; Groundwater; Linings; Mines; Shaft sinking; Soils; Tunnel shafts; Tunneling
• Old TRIS Terms: Ground freezing design; Groundwater control; Mine shafts; Settlement correction; Temporary ground support; Thermo-probes; Tunnels and tunneling
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Geotechnology; Highways; Public Transportation; I51: Earthworks and Soil Drainage;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00399684
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 30 1985 12:00AM