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A model for energy transfer, and freezing and thawing of soils is described first. This model is then incorporated into a description of heaving in frost-susceptible soils. Frost heaving is caused by formation of ice lenses, a result of transfer of unfrozen water and freezing at the cold side of the frozen fringe. The description of frost heave presented here is based on a porosity rate function. This description does not model formation of individual ice lenses; rather, it yields the average growth in porosity due to growth of ice. Application of the model is illustrated in examples of a chilled gas pipeline and a retaining wall with frost-susceptible backfill.
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Michalowski, R.L., Zhu, M. (2007). Freezing and Ice Growth in Frost-Susceptible Soils. In: Ling, H.I., Callisto, L., Leshchinsky, D., Koseki, J. (eds) Soil Stress-Strain Behavior: Measurement, Modeling and Analysis. Solid Mechanics and Its Applications, vol 146. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6146-2_25
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