Heave and heaving pressure in freezing soils: A unifying theory

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Groenevelt, Pieter H ^a   Grant, Cameron D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREEZING; FROZEN SOILS; LABORATORIES;

ANDERSONS; COLD REGIONS; DRIVING FORCES; ENGINEERING LABORATORIES; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY FUNCTIONS; SEGREGATION POTENTIAL; SOIL LAYER; SUB-ZERO TEMPERATURES; UNSATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

THERMAL GRADIENTS;

FORCE; FREEZING; HEAVE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PRESSURE EFFECT; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL TYPE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84874424231     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2012.0051     Document Type: Article

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