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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464178303321

Titolo

Cold regions engineering 2012 : sustainable infrastructure development in a changing cold environment : proceedings of the 15th International Specialty Conference on Cold Regions Engineering, August 19-22, 2012, Quebec City, Canada / / sponsored by Technical Council on Cold Regions Engineering (TCCRE) of the American Society of Civil Engineering ; edited by Guy Doré, ing. Ph.D., Brian Morse, ing. Ph.D

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Reston, Virginia : , : American Society of Civil Engineers, , [2012]

©2012

ISBN

1-62870-449-7

0-7844-7712-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (859 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DoréGuy

MorseBrian

Soggetti

Civil engineering - Cold weather conditions

Frozen ground

Engineering - Cold weather conditions

Permafrost

Electronic books.

Cold regions Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Embankment Engineering on Permafrost: Mitigation""; ""The Optimal Design Principles and Method of Crushed-Rock Based Embankment in Cold Regions""; ""Optimization in the Use of Air Convection Embankments for the Protection of Underlying Permafrost""; ""Using Air Convection Ducts to Control Permafrost Degradation under Road Infrastructure: Beaver Creek Experimental Site, Yukon, Canada""; ""Performance and Cost-Effectiveness of Thermal Stabilization Techniques Used at the Tasiujaq Airstrip""

""Thermal Effectiveness of the Mitigation Techniques Tested at Beaver Creek Experimental Road Site Based on a Heat Balance Analysis: Yukon, Canada""""Monitoring the Thermal and Mechanical Behaviours of



Puvirnituq Airstrip, Nunavik, Northern Quebec""; ""Applicability of Solar Heat-Blocking Pavement Technology Permafrost Regions""; ""Frozen Soil Behavior: Laboratory Testing""; ""Effect of Freeze-Thaw Cycles on Mechanical Behavior of Compacted Fine-Grained Soil""

""Development of Bearing Capacity of Fine Grained Permafrost Deposits in Western Greenland Urban Areas Subject to Soil Temperature Changes""""Hydraulic Conductivity of Cement-Treated Soils and Aggregates after Freezing""; ""A Technique to Reduce Moisture Content Using Freeze-Thaw Action in Cold Climatic Conditions""; ""Segregation Potential from a Highway Embankment on Thawed Permafrost""; ""Basic Study on the Frost Heave Pressure of Rocks: Dependence of the Location of Frost Heave on the Strength of the Rock""; ""Roads: Pavement Design""; ""Pavement Preservation Practices in Cold Regions""

""Routine Mechanistic Pavement Design against Frost Heave""""Permanent Deformation of Various Unbound Aggregates Submitted to Seasonal Frost Conditions""; ""Thermal State of Frozen Ground along National Highway No. 214 from Xi�ning to Yushu on the Northeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China""; ""Structural Engineering""; ""Guidance for Optimizing Admixture Dosage Rates for Cold Weather Admixture Systems""; ""Sustainable and Durable Design of Concrete Bridges in Cold Regions""

""Sustainable Building Design in Cold Regions: High Performance Envelope and FaÃade-Integrated Photovoltaic/Solar Thermal Systems at High Latitudes""""Thermal Analysis of an Elevated Building at Summit Station, Greenland""; ""Inuvik Super School VR Documentation: Mid-Project Status""; ""River Ice Processes""; ""The Past Thirty Years of Accomplishment and Future Direction of Canadian River-Ice Science and Engineering""; ""Hydraulic and Hydrological Regime of Ice-Affected Channels at Freezeup""

""Monitoring of the Ice Cover within the Scope of the Eastmain-1- A/Sarcelle/Rupert Hydro Power Project""