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The objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of freeze-thaw action on the strength and water retention-permeability characteristics of crushable volcanic coarse-grained soils in unsaturated conditions. A series of triaxial compression tests, water retention tests and permeability tests were performed for volcanic coarse-grained soils under different freeze-thaw histories. Test results showed that the particle breakage caused by the freeze-thaw action made the shear strength in unsaturated conditions decrease and the water retentivity increase, while not affecting the permeability. These indicate that the freeze-thaw action has strong influences on the hydro-mechanical characteristics of a crushable volcanic coarse-grained soil in unsaturated conditions even if the soil lacks in frost-susceptibility.
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Ishikawa, T., Tokoro, T. (2013). Influence of Freeze-Thaw Action on Hydro-mechanical Behavior of Unsaturated Crushable Volcanic Soils. In: Laloui, L., Ferrari, A. (eds) Multiphysical Testing of Soils and Shales. Springer Series in Geomechanics and Geoengineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32492-5_16
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