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Mechanism of frost heave by film water migration under temperature gradient

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Based on the principle of freezing point superposition, a model for predicting unfrozen water content is worked out and it can consider the influences of five factors: soil variation, water content, temperature, solution concentration and overburden pressure. The difference of values between determination and calculation is less than 3 %.

According to the curve of unfrozen water content vs. temperature and initial freezing point and temperature at the cold end of soil body, a way for estimating ice segregation temperature is presented. The difference of values between determination and calculation is less than 0.3°C.

The thickness of frozen fringe changing with time has three models. The calculation method needs further study.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Frozen Soil Engineering, Lanzhou Institute of Glaciology and Geocryology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 730000, Lanzhou, China

    Xiaozu Xu, Jiacheng Wang, Lixin Zhang & Yousheng Deng

  2. Geological Faculty of Moscow University, Russia

    E. M. Chuvilin & E. D. Yershov

  3. Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Japan

    T. Ishizaki & M. Fukuda

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Xu, X., Wang, J., Zhang, L. et al. Mechanism of frost heave by film water migration under temperature gradient. Chin.Sci.Bull. 42, 1290–1294 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02882762

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