Temperature and Freeze-Thaw Effects on Dynamic Properties of Fine-Grained Soils

Abstract

Consider that the Mable Creek silt in central Alaska liquefied during the November 2002 earthquake. Subsequently, frozen samples of these fine-grained soils were retrieved for laboratory study. This paper presents the influence on dynamic properties by temperature changes from below freezing to near freezing, and by freeze-thaw cycles. Sample temperature change was simulated by gradually applying the increasing temperatures of