FROST HEAVE TESTING AND RESEARCH

The following papers were presented in Sessions 1 and 2 of the Colloquim on the Scientific and Engineerig Aspects of Frost Heave Testing and Research: Session 1 - (1) Testing facilities. A preliminary assessment of the design and performance of frost susceptibility testing facilities, Dudek, S; Self refrigerating units. - frost cabinet temperature distribution, Hill, J; Frost heave testing facilities, Kettle, RJ; (2) Sample preparation: Factors influencing the magnitude and reproducibility of heave. Grading, degradation and compaction considerations in relation to specimen preparation, Hughes, R; The frost heave test as a compliance requirement, Sherwood, PT; Effect of mode of compaction on frost heave specimens, Burns, J; Inherent variability of frost heave specimens, Nicholls, RA; Aggregate degradation in the frost heave test, Hill, J; Degradation during compaction of test specimens compared with variations in grading during sample reduction, Pike, DC. Session 2 - (1a) Development of a quantitative model. Development of a quantitative model of frost heave, Holden, JT; Effects of the variation in suction and heat flow during the frost heaving process, Jones, RH; (1b) Heaving pressures. Heaving pressures and frost heave, Kettle, RJ; (2) Role of water transport and position of the groundwater table. Calculation of the water transport in the LR 90 test, Onalp, A; Effect of water table position on frost heave, Burns, J; (3) Indirect methods. Indirect assessment of frost susceptibility, Hurt, KG. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Nottingham University, England

  Department of Civil Engineering
  Nottingham NG9 3FQ,   England 
• Publication Date: 1977

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 141 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Compaction; Compliance; Conferences; Design; Frost; Frost heaving; Laboratories; Mathematical models; Performance; Pressure; Research; Samples; Sampling; Sensitivity; Soils; Specifications; Test procedures
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Old TRIS Terms: Frost heave; Soil sampling
• ITRD Terms: 5904: Compaction (state of); 178: Compliance (specif); 8525: Conference; 2585: Frost; 5412: Pressure; 6251: Sample (mater); 5928: Sensitivity; 4156: Soil; 6288: Test method; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Design; Geotechnology; Highways; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00173321
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 3 1978 12:00AM