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REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE
OMB No. 0704-0188
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1. AGENCY USE ONLY (Leave blank)
2. REPORT DATE
3. REPORT TYPE AND DATES COVERED
December 1997
4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE
5. FUNDING NUMBERS
Frost-Susceptibility Testing and Predictions for
the Raymark Superfund Site
6. AUTHORS
Vincent Janoo, Lynette Barna, and Sherri Orchino
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
Special Report 97-31
Hanover, New Hampshire 03755-1290
9. SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES)
10. SPONSORING/MONITORING
AGENCY REPORT NUMBER
New England District
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Washington, D.C. 20460
424 Trapelo Road
Waltham, Massachusetts 02254-9149
For conversion of SI units to non-SI units of measurement consult Standard Practice for Use of the
11. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES
International System of Units (SI), ASTM Standard E380-93, published by the American Society for Testing and Materials,
1916 Race St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19103.
12a. DISTRIBUTION/AVAILABILITY STATEMENT
12b. DISTRIBUTION CODE
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
Available from NTIS, Springfield, Virginia 22161.
13. ABSTRACT (Maximum 200 words)
This project was conducted to assist in predicting the effects of freezethaw cycling on Tilcon common granular
fill during the freezing season. This material is being used as the subbase material in the proposed pavement
structure at the Raymark Superfund site in Stratford, Connecticut. Based on the initial laboratory results of the
Tilcon material performed at CRREL, the amount of fines passing the no. 200 sieve was found to be in the vicinity
of 20%, of which approximately 14% was finer than 0.02 m. Results from the frost heave tests indicate that when
the Tilcon material is saturated, based on the rate of heave, the material is classified a high to very high frost-
susceptible material. In the unsaturated condition, the material is classified as a low to medium frost-susceptible
material. Computer simulations were run to predict the amount of frost heave and frost penetration that may be
expected on this site during the freezing season. Results from the laboratory frost-susceptibility tests and com-
puter simulations were then used to estimate the amount of cumulative damage to the pavement structure dur-
ing its design life.
14. SUBJECT TERMS
15. NUMBER OF PAGES
21
Base course
Frost heave
Subbase
Flexible pavement design
Frost susceptibility
Thaw weakening
16. PRICE CODE
Freezethaw cycling
Pavement
17. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
18. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
19. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
20. LIMITATION OF ABSTRACT
OF REPORT
OF THIS PAGE
OF ABSTRACT
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Standard Form 298 (Rev. 2-89)
NSN 7540-01-280-5500
Prescribed by ANSI Std. Z39-18
298-102
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