Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
1
Frost Action
The detrimental effects of seasonal
freezing and thawing.
It requires:
1) A frost-susceptible soil
2) A supply of water
3) Below-freezing soil temperature
4) A period of above-freezing air temperature
2
3
Closed and Open System Freezing
after Terzaghi (1952)
4
Modified Berggren Eq. for Depth of
Frost Penetration
5
Idealized Roadway Refreeze Depth
During Spring Melt
6
Freezing Index at Houghton County Airport
1900
1500
Long-Term Average
1300
1100
900
700
500
300
100
Jan, 1
Feb, 1
Nov,1
Mar,1
Apr,1
Date, day
7
Idealized Situation at Bootjack Road
8
Bootjack Road Reference Points
9
Measured Frost Heave
Along Centerline
97.40
97.35 Nov. 15 16
Jan. 22 15
97.30 Feb. 19
Mar. 11 17
97.25 10
11 Apr. 15
Surface Elev. (ft)
97.20
97.15
97.10
8
9 14
97.05
Monitor Point #4
97.00 12
13 Culvert
96.95 location
96.90
0 10 20 30 40 50 55 60 70 80 90
Distance along road (ft)
10
Bootjack Road Reference Points
11
Measured Frost Heave
Transverse to Centerline
97.30
Nov. 15
97.20 Jan. 22
Feb. 19
Mar. 11
97.10
4 Apr. 15
Surface Elev. (ft)
3
97.00
5
2
96.90
6
96.80
Monitor Point #1
96.70
7
96.60
12 16 20 24 28 32 36
Distance across road (ft)
12
LUCE COUNTY FROST TUBES
Information from Stan Ronquist
13
LUCE COUNTY FROST TUBE
Typical thawing pattern
1/22/92 Day 4/12/92
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
0
5 T
10 Thawed
15
Depth frozen
20 Frozen
25
30
35
40
45
50
14
Light Reading for a Cold Winter Night
Andersland, O. B. and Ladanyi, B., An Introduction to Frozen
Ground Engineering, Chapman & Hall, 1994.
Terzaghi, Karl, Permafrost, Contributions to Soil Mechanics,
1941-1953, Boston Society of Civil Engineers, 1953.
Departments of the Army and Air Force, TM 5-852-6, Arctic
and Subarctic Construction Calculation Methods for
Determination of Depths of Freeze and Thaw in Soils, 1988.
U.S. Dept. of Transportation, FHWA-HRT-08_057, Long Term
Pavement Performance Computed Parameter: Frost
Penetration, 2008.
15