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http://dx.doi.org/10.14481/jkges.2015.16.1.37

An Experimental Study on the Effectiveness of Soil Compaction at Below-Freezing Temperatures  

Hwang, BumSik (Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Dankook University)
Chae, Deokho (Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Dankook University)
Kim, Youngseok (Korea Institute of Construction Technology)
Cho, Wanjei (Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Dankook University)
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Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society / v.16, no.1, 2015 , pp. 37-43 More about this Journal
Abstract
Korea has four distinct seasons, showing hot and humidity in summer and cold weather lasted in winter. Domestic research on earth work has been developed according to the seasonal characteristics, and most of research topics have focused on the effect of freezing-thawing on the performance of geo-materials. However, the previous research was performed on the ground compacted at room temperature and therefore, the effect of the sub-zero temperature at the time of construction was not fully investigated. The ground characteristics compacted at freezing temperature can be different from those at room temperature and show different characteristics of strength and deformation caused by freezing and thawing. Therefore, the compaction tests on sandy materials were conducted under various temperature at $-3^{\circ}C$ and $-8^{\circ}C$ with various fine contents of 0%, 5%, 10% and 15% in weight fraction. The effectiveness of soil compaction at below-freezing temperatures were compared with the compaction at room temperature at $18^{\circ}C$ in terms of the maximum dry unit weight and optimum water contents. Based on the test results, the maximum dry unit weight tends to decrease with the freezing temperature and the relative compaction at $-8^{\circ}C$ can not be satisfied with general specification standard.
Keywords
Below-freezing; Soil compaction; Maximum dry unit weight;
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