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Effect of freezing-thawing on the physico-mechanical properties of a Morianic clayey loam

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Laboratory-derived dependencies of the change in grain-size distribution, water properties, density, and equivalent cohesion of frozen morainic clayey loam on the number of freeze-thaw cycles are presented.

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Translated from Osnovaniya, Fundamenty i Mekhanika Gruntov, No. 3, pp. 16-20, May-June, 2010.

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Roman, L.T., Ze, Z. Effect of freezing-thawing on the physico-mechanical properties of a Morianic clayey loam. Soil Mech Found Eng 47, 96–101 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11204-010-9095-3

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