FIELD EXPERIMENTATION WITH CHEMICAL ALLEVIATION OF FROST DAMAGE

The paper reports on field tests utilizing several different chemical additives to reduce frost heaving in railroad subballast soils. The experience gained as to type of additive, method of application, and effectiveness is described. Since the railroad problem must employ a type of treatment which does not interrupt rail service during installation, only injection procedures or surface treatment followed by natural leaching leading to intrusion of the additive have been studied.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of the Second Conference on Soil-Water Problems in Cold Regions held in Edmonton, Canada on September 1-2, 1976.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Geophysical Union

  1909 K Street, NW, Division of Hydrology
  Washington, DC  United States  20006
• Authors:
  • Sheeran, D E
  • Dalton, C J
  • YONG, R N
• Conference:
  • Proceedings of the Second Conference on Soil-Water Problems in Cold Regions held in Edmonton, Canada on September 1-2, 1976.
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 173-185

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Additives; Alignment; Applications; Ballast (Railroads); Chemicals; Experiments; Field tests; Freezing; Frost damage; Frost heaving; Frost susceptibility; Leaching; Railroad facilities; Railroad tracks; Soils; Stabilized materials; Subballast; Subgrade (Pavements); Surface treating
• Uncontrolled Terms: Injection
• Old TRIS Terms: Ballast stabilization; Frost effect; Track alignment
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Railroads; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00163401
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 23 1977 12:00AM