Experimental study for the compressible behavior of warm and ice-rich frozen soil under the embankment of Qinghai-Tibet Railroad

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 148-153

  Qin, Yinghong ^a   Zhang, Jianming ^a   Zheng, Bo ^a   Ma, Xiaojie ^a,b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG COLLEGE OF CONSTRUCTION   (China)

Author keywords

Compressible behavior; Embankment settlement; Permafrost warming; Qinghai Tibet Railroad; Warm and ice rich frozen soil (WIRFS)

Indexed keywords

ADDITIONAL LOADS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COMPRESSIBLE BEHAVIOR; EMBANKMENT SETTLEMENT; ENGINEERING PROPERTIES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; IN-SITU; IN-SITU DATUM; QINGHAI-TIBET RAILROAD; WARM AND ICE-RICH FROZEN SOIL (WIRFS);

EMBANKMENTS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; ICE; RAILROADS; SETTLEMENT OF STRUCTURES; SOILS;

PERMAFROST;

EMBANKMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FROZEN GROUND; PERMAFROST; RAILWAY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 67349206942     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2009.02.006     Document Type: Article

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