Frost Heave in Colloidal Soils

Stephen Peppin, Apala Majumdar, Robert Style, Graham Sander

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Abstract

We develop a mathematical model of frost heave in colloidal soils. The theory accountsfor heave and consolidation while not requiring a frozen fringe assumption. Two solidificationregimes occur: a compaction regime in which the soil consolidates to accommodate the ice lenses, and a heave regime during which liquid is sucked into the consolidated soil from an external reservoir, and the added volume causes the soil to heave. The ice fraction is found to vary inversely with thefreezing velocity V , while the rate of heave is independent of V , consistent with field and laboratoryobservations. © 2011 Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1717-1732
Number of pages16
JournalSIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics
Volume71
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2011
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
Acknowledged KAUST grant number(s): KUK-C1-013-04
Acknowledgements: This research was supported by the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) award KUK-C1-013-04.
This publication acknowledges KAUST support, but has no KAUST affiliated authors.

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