An introduction to frozen ground engineering /
This comprehensive resource integrates the basic theory and design methods for frozen ground support systems used for construction of deep shafts, tunnels, deep excavations, and subsurface containment barriers in unfrozen ground world-wide.The extensive review of seasonally and perennially frozen gr...
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New York :
Chapman & Hall,
1994.
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Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. Frozen Ground. Frozen ground support systems. Seasonally and perennially frozen ground. Terrain features in permafrost areas. Engineering considerations
- Ch. 2. Physical and Thermal Properties. Composition and structure of frozen ground. Soil classification. Water-ice phase relationships. Soil frost action. Thermal properties
- Ch. 3. Heat Flow in Soils. Heat transfer at the ground surface. Seasonal ground freezing (or thawing). Temperature below cooled (or heated) areas. Thermal analysis: frozen ground support systems
- Ch. 4. Thaw Behavior of Frozen Ground. Thaw settlement. Consolidation of thawing soils. Thaw-consolidation in some layered systems
- Ch. 5. Mechanical Properties of Frozen Soils. Stress-strain-time and strength behavior. Factors influencing creep and strength. Analytical representation of creep and strength data. Frozen soil behavior in uniaxial tension. Deformability of frozen soils. Compressibility of frozen soils.