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3. REPORT TYPE AND DATES COVERED
May 1995
4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE
5. FUNDING NUMBERS
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Initial Results From Small-Scale Frost Heave Experiments in a Centrifuge
PE: 6.27.84A
6. AUTHORS
PR: 4A762784AT42
TA: CA
Stephen A. Ketcham and Patrick B. Black
WU: D02
7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES)
8. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION
REPORT NUMBER
U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
72 Lyme Road
CRREL Report 95-9
Hanover, New Hampshire 03755-1290
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10. SPONSORING/MONITORING
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Office of the Chief of Engineers
Washington, D.C. 20314-1000
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
Available from NTIS, Springfield, Virginia 22161
13. ABSTRACT (Maximum 200 words)
Frost heave modeling is presented as a problem of small-scale experimental modeling. Scale factors applicable to
frost heave model testing are reviewed, and initial data from frost heave experiments conducted as centrifuge
model tests are presented. Ongoing improvements, modifications and future model tests are discussed.
14. SUBJECT TERMS
15. NUMBER OF PAGES
23
Frost heave
Modeling
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