Frozen Ground Engineering
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Author(s): O. B. Andersland and B. Ladanyi
Publisher: John Wiley
ISBN: 0471615498
Format: hardback
363pp
Price: £93.95
Review Date: 25 February 2004
Review: Frozen ground Engineering first introduces readers to the frozen environment and the behaviour of frozen soil as an engineering material. It reviews the physical and thermal properties of frozen ground, including soil composition, ice formation and its occurrence, unfrozen water in frozen soil, and soil frost action. Heat flow in soils and frozen ground thaw behaviour are both looked at in detail. The authors then go on to use this information in the analysis and design of ground support systems, foundations and embankments. They describe design considerations, freezing methods, the structural design of frozen earth walls and how to place foundations in permafrost, as well as the stability of soil masses and earthwork construction. The final chapter explains how frozen soil samples are obtained, measurements of in situ temperatures, and methods of field testing.