Journal of Cold Regions Engineering
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EISSN:1943-5495|ISSN:0887-381X|Disc:The Journal of Cold Regions Engineering publishes practice- and research-oriented articles from any area of civil engineering that is substantially related to cold regions. Topics include ice engineering, ice force, construction on permafrost and seasonal frost, cold weather construction, environmental quality and engineering in cold regions, snow and ice control, cold regions materials, and surveying and planning in cold regions|Priority:4|Publisher:American Society of Civil Engineers|
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Effect of Freeze–Thaw–Dry–Wet Cycles on the Shear Behavior of Silty Clay Salinized in Wetting Processes
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)In cold and arid saline areas, the mechanical properties of soils are usually significantly affected by some complicated conditions, especially the coupled effects of the freeze–thaw–dry–wet (F–T–D–W) cycles and soil ... -
Ice Specimen Retrieval and Coring Method for Accreted Ice on Vertical Piles Subjected to Tidal Changes
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Ice-coring auger machines can cost thousands of dollars and are generally made for vertical extraction from sea ice or glaciers. This project required specimens from ice accreted onto vertical piles at the Port of Alaska ... -
Dynamic Mechanical Properties and Damage Evolution Behaviors of Ice-Rich Frozen Soil with Various Initial Moisture Contents
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)To investigate the dynamic mechanical response and damage evolution behavior of ice-rich frozen clay, split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) tests were performed on frozen clay specimens with initial moisture contents of ... -
Experimental Study on the Competitive Failure of Headed Stud Connectors under Freeze–Thaw Cycles
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)To study the shear behavior and competitive failure mechanisms of headed stud connectors in steel–concrete composite (SCC) structures under the influence of freeze– thaw cycles (FTCs), the material performance test of C60 ... -
Extreme Cold Mechanical Properties of Concrete with Additive-Based Freeze Protection System
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Concrete can be cast and cured at freezing temperatures when additive-based freeze protection (ABFP) is included in the concrete mixture. However, the effects of extremely cold temperatures on the mechanical properties of ... -
Long-Term Field Subgrade Monitoring and Quantitative Hazard Assessment along the Qinghai–Tibet Highway in the Permafrost Region
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Herein, long-term field subgrade monitoring was conducted along the Qinghai–Tibet Highway (QTH) on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (QTP) to investigate the sustainable service performance of permafrost highway subgrade and ... -
Characteristics of Concrete Corroded by Landfill Leachate in Extremely Cold Regions
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)In extremely cold regions with frequent extreme weather conditions, coupled factors make concrete corrosion by garbage landfill leachate become more complicated. Although previous studies have characterized the effects of ... -
Numerical Simulations of the Prethawing Performance of Lime-Energy-Column Embankments in Warm Permafrost Regions
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)The thawing settlement of highway embankments remains an engineering challenges in permafrost regions. Lime-energy-columns (LECs) have the potential to constrain the total amount of such settlement by prethawing the warm ... -
Statistical Evaluation of Seismic Velocity Models of Permafrost
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)The warming climate in high-latitude permafrost regions is leading to permafrost degradation. Estimating seismic wave velocities in permafrost could help predict the geomechanical properties of permafrost and provide ... -
Load Transfer of Piles Embedded in Ice-Poor Frozen Soils and Exposed to Varying Temperature
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)In recent years, cold regions have seen dramatic changes to the once-stable permafrost layers as a result of global warming. Changes in mean annual temperature directly impact the interaction between frozen ground and ... -
Behavior of Acoustic Emission Waves in Rubberized Concretes under Flexure in a Subfreezing Environment
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)This paper attempts to evaluate the change in the behavior of the acoustic waves associated with flexure cracks developed in rubberized concretes in a subfreezing environment. Seven normal and rubberized concrete mixtures ... -
Experimental and Numerical Study of the Uniaxial Compressive Strength of Ice with Initial Fibrous Pore: Effects of Temperature and Loading Rate
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Ice compressive strength is a key property for investigating the interaction between ice and structures. In this research, a digital image correlation (DIC) technique is developed to measure the complete deformation range ... -
Mechanical Properties of Reinforced Concrete Members at Cryogenic Temperatures
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)This study analyzed the mechanical properties of reinforced concrete flexural and axial-tension members at low temperatures ranging from 273.15 to 108.15 K based on experimental and theoretical analyses. Special test ... -
Response of Solute Migration to Different Factors under Unidirectional Freezing in Sandy Soil
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Owing to the scarcity of land resources, the rational development and use of frozen soil resources and solutions to frozen soil disasters are essential. In this study, an indoor one-dimensional soil column simulation test ... -
Physical Model Tests of Piles under Freeze–Thaw Cycles Subjected to Individual and Combined Loads
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Seasonal freeze–thaw (F–T) cycles significantly affect the mechanical properties of soils and the behavior of pile foundations in soils subjected to F–T cycles under different loading conditions. Soils exposed to F–T cycles ... -
Evaluating the Effects of Climate Change on Spring Load Restrictions across Ontario, Canada
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Recently, numerous studies have highlighted that the climate worldwide is changing rapidly due to increased greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The average ambient temperatures across Canada are rising approximately twice as ... -
Experimental Study on the Influence of Increased Summer Rainfall on the Hydrothermal Process within the Highway Embankments in Permafrost Regions
(ASCE, 2024/06/01)The Qinghai–Tibet Plateau shows an obvious trend of warming and humidification, and the increased rainfall is mainly concentrated in the summer. There have been few reports on the effects of summer rainfall variations on ... -
Mechanical and Microstructural Properties of Nanoconcretes Exposed to Low-Temperature Curing
(ASCE, 2024/06/01)Low-temperature curing significantly affects the performance of concrete. This study explored the mechanical and microstructural characteristics of concretes modified with three kinds of nanoparticles [i.e., nano-CuO (NC), ... -
Frost-Resistance Assessment of C60 Concrete Based on a Fiber Bragg Grating Sensor
(ASCE, 2024/06/01)In this paper, fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors were applied to investigate the frost resistance of C60 concrete. First, the growth of both the static and dynamic elastic modulus of C60 concrete with curing age was ... -
Coupled Thermal-Hydraulic-Electromagnetic Properties of Frozen Soils
(ASCE, 2024/06/01)This study focuses on the investigation of the electromagnetic properties of multiphase inorganic materials (i.e., soils) in changing subsurface environmental conditions that are induced by climate warming. Subsurface ...