Abstract: Frost heave is the primary cause of frost damage in cold regions. For frost-susceptible soils, water migration induced by a temperature gradient is a key factor in determining the frost heave of the soils with a water ...

Abstract: Negative temperature has an important influence on rock deformation and failure process. In a negative temperature environment, the pore water in rock partially turns into ice lenses. These changes in rock microstructure ...

Abstract: The freeze–thaw (F-T) cycle is one of the weathering factors that can cause rapid deterioration of the mechanical properties of rocks and threaten the stability and durability of rock engineering in cold regions. To study ...