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MECHANISM OF FROST HEAVE AND ITS RELATION TO HEAT FLOW

Sven Freden

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A STUDY OF THE RELATION BETWEEN THE FROST HEAVE AND THE THERMAL CONDITIONS IN SOILS HAS LED THE AUTHOR TO PROPOSE A NEW THEORY OF THE PHYSICS OF FROST HEAVING. FROM THIS THEORY IT IS POSSIBLE TO DEDUCE THAT THE RATE OF FORST HEAVE IS APPROXIMATELY PROPORTIONAL TO THE TEMPERATURE GRADIENT IN THE FROST ACTIVE ZONE. THIS HAS BEEN CONFIRMED EXPERIMENTALLY FOR SOME SOILS. /AUTHOR/

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Key concepts: Frost heaving, Frost (temperature), Geotechnical engineering, Heat flow, Geology, Mechanics, Environmental science, Thermal