Soils frost heaving and thaw settlement
Freezing, whether natural or artificial, causes soils to heave. This heaving results from large movements of water. At the freezing front (0°C isotherm) that separates the frozen and unfrozen zones, there is a large depression or cryogenic suction.
Authors
- Michel Frémond (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2349-4253)
- D. P. Blanchard
Publication Details
- Published
- 2026-02-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003763062_32
- Citations
- 8
- Primary Topic
- Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00