Study on thaw consolidation of permafrost under roadway embankment

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 81, Issue , 2012, Pages 48-54

  Qi, Jilin ^a   Yao, Xiaoliang ^a   Yu, Fan ^a   Liu, Yongzhi ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Effective consolidation time; Large strain; Permafrost; Residual consolidation time; Thaw consolidation

Indexed keywords

CONSOLIDATION TIME; EULERIAN DESCRIPTION; INITIAL OPERATION; LARGE STRAINS; PERMAFROST AREA; PORE WATERS; QINGHAI TIBET PLATEAU; QINGHAI-TIBET HIGHWAYS; THAW-CONSOLIDATION;

EMBANKMENTS; PERMAFROST; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

THAWING;

CONSOLIDATION; EMBANKMENT; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; MOTORWAY; PERMAFROST; STRAIN; THAWING;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84861937162     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2012.04.007     Document Type: Article

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