FROST HEAVE AND THE RAPID FROST HEAVE TEST

A RAPID TEST TO MEASURE THE FROST SUSCEPTIBILITY OF MATERIALS FOR USE IN SUBBASE AND BASE COURSES OF PAVEMENTS IS DESCRIBED IN THIS ARTICLE. A FROST SUSCEPTIBILITY CLASSIFICATION, BASED ON THE HEAVE RATE OF THE TESTED MATERIAL, IS PRESENTED. THE MECHANICS OF FROST HEAVE AND PARAMETERS AFFECTING FROST HEAVE OF SOIL MATERIALS ARE ALSO DISCUSSED. USE OF THE TEST TO SELECT NONFROST-SUSCEPTIBLE MATERIALS FOR SUBBASE AND BASE COURSES SHOULD REDUCE PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE COSTS. THE TEST METHOD SHOULD BE EVALUATED IN OTHER STATES, WITH LOCAL MATERIALS, TO DETERMINE THAT THE HEAVE RATES OBTAINED IN THE LABORATORY TEST APPROXIMATE THOSE IN THE HIGHWAY STRUCTURE, AND THAT THE RANGE IN HEAVE RATES DESIGNATED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE FOR VARIOUS FROST SUSCEPTIBILITY CLASSES ARE APPROPRIATE. /AUTHOR/

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• Authors:
  • Zoller, J H
• Publication Date: 1973-9

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 211-20
• Serial:
  • Public Roads
  • Volume: 37 N
  • Publisher: Federal Highway Administration
  • ISSN: 0033-3735
  • Serial URL: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Base course (Pavements); Classification; Frost heaving; Frost susceptibility; Laboratory tests; Subbase materials; Testing
• Uncontrolled Terms: Parameters
• Old TRIS Terms: Frost heave
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00217375
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 15 1974 12:00AM