Call number:
ZSP-202-105
In:
Research report / Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, 105
Description / Table of Contents:
Summary: A principle of particle segregation by freezing is presented. It is demonstrated experimentally by using a transparent freezing cabinet in which a sample of distilled water freezes from the bottom upward. In this way the freezing front line travels vertically and the particles are carried against gravity. By using the same material with different shapes (glass beads and broken quartz or glass) it is demonstrated that an important factor in particle migration is the shape of the particle or its contact area with the interface. By testing other materials with different shapes and sizes, it is demonstrated that another important factor is particle size and rate of freezing. Fine particles migrate under a wide range of rates of freezing; coarser ones migrate at lower and more limited ranges of rates of freezing. It is suggested that, for determining frost behavior of soils in permafrost regions, freezing from the bottom upward is a more reliable test than freezing from the top down. Freezing from the bottom more closely approximates freezing of the active layer above permafrost; also, friction with the cylinder testing wall is eliminated. The implication of this principle in engineering and studies of soil genesis in cold regions is emphasized.
Type of Medium:
Series available for loan
Pages:
iv, 8 Seiten
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Illustrationen
Series Statement:
Research report / Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory 105
URL:
https://hdl.handle.net/11681/5848
Language:
English
Note:
CONTENTS
Preface
Summary
Introduction
Experimental procedure
Experimental results
Conclusions and recommendations
References
Location:
AWI Archive
Branch Library:
AWI Library
