FROST DESIGN PRACTICE IN CANADA - AND DISCUSSION

THIS PAPER DISCUSSES THE METHODS BEING USED BY CANADIAN HIGHWAY ENGINEERS TO COMBAT FROST ACTION. IT WAS COMPILED FROM INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY THE TWO FEDERAL AGENCIES CONCERNED WITH PAVEMENT DESIGN FOR ROADS AND AIRFIELDS AND THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS OF THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS. A DESCRIPTION IS GIVEN OF THE VARIED CLIMATIC, SOIL, AND TRAFFIC CONDITIONS AND OF THE TYPE AND EXTENT OF FROST DAMAGE ENCOUNTERED. A SURVEY OF FROST DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES FOR FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS, RIGID PAVEMENTS, AND HIGHWAY STRUCTURES IS GIVEN. THE PRESENT STANDARDS OF FROST DESIGN PRACTICE ARE REVIEWED, AND PROBLEM AREAS REQUIRING RESEARCH ARE INDICATED. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrr/1963/33/33-008.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • No 33, pp 170-201, 13 FIG, 4 TAB, 4 REF, 1 APP Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
• Authors:
  • Armstrong, Malcolm D
  • Csathy, Thomas I
• Discussers:
  • Burn, K N
• Publication Date: 1963

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 170-201
• 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: Climate; Flexible pavements; Frost action; Frost damage; Frost protection; Highways; Methodology; Pavement design; Paving; Rigid pavements; Soils; Traffic flow
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00205299
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Sep 29 1994 12:00AM