Influence of freeze-thaw on engineering properties of a silty soil

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 397-404

  Qi, Jilin ^a   Ma, Wei ^a   Song, Chunxia ^b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Critical dry unit weight; Engineering properties; Freeze thaw; Loess

Indexed keywords

PROCESS ENGINEERING; SOILS; TECHNOLOGY; WEATHERING;

COLD REGIONS; CRITICAL DRY UNIT WEIGHT; DRY UNIT WEIGHT; ENGINEERING PROPERTIES; FREEZE THAWING; FREEZE-THAW; FREEZE-THAW CYCLING; FREEZING CONDITIONS; LOESS; SILTY SOILS; SOIL LAYERING; STRESS-STRAIN BEHAVIORS; WEATHERING PROCESS;

THAWING;

COHESION; COLD REGION; CONSOLIDATION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DENSITY; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; LOESS; SILTY SOIL; STABILITY ANALYSIS; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WEATHERING RATE;

EID: 49949092758     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2007.05.010     Document Type: Article

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