Journal of Cold Regions Engineering: Recent submissions
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Current Practices of Winter Maintenance Operations and Perceptions of Winter Weather Conditions
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)The annual cost of winter maintenance in the United States is approximately $2.3 billion, which makes measuring the performance of state departments of transportation (DOTs) a financially responsible and mission-critical ... -
Comparing Design Ground Snow Load Prediction in Utah and Idaho
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Snow loads in the western United States are largely undefined due to complex geography and climates, leaving the individual states to publish detailed studies for their region, usually through the local Structural Engineers ... -
Predicting Triaxial Compressive Strength and Young’s Modulus of Frozen Sand Using Artificial Intelligence Methods
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Mechanical properties of frozen soils (e.g., triaxial compressive strength, σtc and Young’s modulus, E) are important in tunnel, shaft, or open pit excavation projects. Although numerous attempts have been made to ... -
Experimental Investigation on Effects of Water Flow to Freezing Sand around Vertically Buried Freezing Pipe
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)High groundwater flow velocity is a major challenge in many artificial ground freezing (AGF) projects, especially in groundwater control projects. That condition may be unfavorable for the formation of a frozen body. This ... -
Ice Melting Kinetics in Sand–Water Mixtures Investigated by Neutron Radiography and Diffraction
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)A combination of thermal neutron radiography and time-of-flight neutron diffraction is applied to analyze ice melting kinetics in sand–heavy water mixtures. Two different temperature regimes are applied: (1) cooling ... -
Use of Rigid Geofoam Insulation to Mitigate Frost Heave at Shallow Culvert Installations
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Roadways over culverts experience severe distresses due to frost action in the subgrade. Thermal insulation placed near the culvert can reduce frost penetration in the soil surrounding the culvert. Three culvert sites ... -
Comparing Ice Jam Hindcasting Models with Tree Scar Data
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Hindcasting models can use historic ice jam observations and hydroclimatic data to identify conditions that form ice jams. However, historic ice jam records are often sparse or incomplete. New sources of historic ice jam ... -
Blowing Snow Transport Analysis for Estimating Drift Orientation and Severity
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)A methodology for performing a snow drift transport analysis is provided that considers the demonstrated dependency of snow transport on approximately the fourth power of wind speed, giving much greater weight to high winds ... -
Impacts of Climate Change and Anthropogenic Activity on Permafrost Soils at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)The Department of Defense is planning more than $552M in military construction on Eielson Air Force Base (AFB) within the next three fiscal years. Although many studies have been conducted on permafrost and climate change, ... -
Ice-Floe Impact with a Rubble-Mound Causeway at the Port of Nome, Alaska
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)The Port of Nome, Alaska, contains a structure unique for coastal areas subject to large, wind-driven ice sheets or floes. The structure, an almost kilometer-long rubble-mound causeway, stretches perpendicularly out from ... -
Discharge Assessment in Straight Open Channels with Partial Ice Cover
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)This paper develops an analytical model for discharge assessment in straight channels with partial ice cover. The flow section of a partly covered channel was laterally divided into several homogeneous subsections, which ... -
Radial Thermal Gradient–Dependent Deformation Behaviors of Frozen Hollow Cylinder
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)The in-situ lateral temperature around freezing pipes in an artificially frozen shaft lining (FSL) is always nonuniform. In order to obtain a better understanding of the radial thermal gradient–dependent deformation behaviors ... -
Large-Strain Nonlinear Thaw Consolidation Analysis of the Inuvik Warm-Oil Experimental Pipeline Buried in Permafrost
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)The large strain nonlinear thaw consolidation model developed by Dumais and Konrad is used to analyze the Inuvik experimental warm-oil pipeline built on ice-rich permafrost foundations. The predictions for the thaw penetration ... -
Use of an Irregular Cone to Reduce Ice-Induced Vibration of a Vertical Riser Pipe
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)A vertical riser pipe is often mounted on the leg of an offshore platform to transport oil and gas. However, severe ice-induced vibrations and low-cycle fatigue damage of welded joints have been observed on the outside ... -
Full-Scale Measurement of Reaction Force Caused by Level Ice Interaction on a Buoy Connected to a Wave Energy Converter
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Wave energy is an attractive source of renewable energy. In regions with a cold climate, for example, in the Baltic Sea, a good understanding of ice loads is vital for developing a reliable and cost-effective buoy for a ... -
Freeze-Thaw Cycle Impact on Volumetric and Low-Temperature Shear Behavior of High-Salinity Soils
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Two high-salinity soils with different types of salts were tested to assess the effects of freeze-thaw (F-T) cycles on their volumetric and low-temperature shear behavior. The testing program, including freeze-thaw cycling ... -
Numerical Investigation of the Temperature Field of a New Convection-Intensifying Composite Embankment in Permafrost Regions
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)One of the main problems of wide expressway construction in permafrost regions involves protection of the thermal stability of roadbed. Although ventilating ducts and crushed-rock layers have been successfully used in ... -
Closure to “Seasonal Frost Penetration in Pavements with Multiple Layers” by Yang Zhang, Robert Horton, David J. White, and Pavana K. R. Vennapusa
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Discussion of “Seasonal Frost Penetration in Pavements with Multiple Layers” by Yang Zhang, Robert Horton, David J. White, and Pavana K. R. Vennapusa
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Open Graded Friction Course in Resisting Low-Temperature Transverse Cracking in Asphalt Pavement
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)Open graded friction course (OGFC) is used to reduce noise, improve friction, and for faster drainage of surface water of an asphalt pavement. However, OGFC’s contribution to low-temperature transverse cracking has not ...