• DOI:10.1086/623720
Corpus ID: 129655820

The Mechanics of Frost Heaving

@article{TaberTheMO,
  title={The Mechanics of Frost Heaving},
  author={S. Taber},
  journal={The Journal of Geology},
  volume={38},
  pages={303 - 317}
}

S. Taber

Geology

The Journal of Geology

The old theory that frost heaving is due to change in volume of water frozen was based on experiments with closed systems. Field observations and recent experiments indicate that soils, when subjected to freezing under normal conditions, usually behave as open systems. When the freezing of saturated soils results in little or no heaving, part of the water is forced through the soil voids below the zone of freezing, compressing or expelling air. Excessive heaving results when water is pulled… CONTINUE READING

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