PAVEMENT CRACKING IN WEST TEXAS DUE TO FREEZE-THAW CYCLING. Academic Article

abstract

• Samples from two compactive efforts were frozen in a biaxial closed system. Suction and temperature within the samples were monitored and volume changes after each freeze-thaw period were recorded. Coefficients of thermal activity were calculated from the dimension measurements. These coefficients showed a relationship with the as-compacted total soil moisture suction, which was similar for all materials. Finite element studies of the thermal strains that develop in a pavement showed that the thermally induced tensile stresses in the base course are far in excess of tensile strengths for initially intact pavements.

authors

• Lytton, Robert

published proceedings

• Transportation Research Record

author list (cited authors)

• Carpenter, S. H., Lytton, R. L., & Epps, J. A.

complete list of authors

• Carpenter, SH||Lytton, RL||Epps, JA

publication date

• January 1975

published in

• Transportation Research Record  Journal

start page

• 1

end page

• 13

issue

• 532