Accession Number:

AD0701177

Title:

WATER PERMEABILITY OF FROZEN SAND (O Vodopronitsaemosti Merzlogo Peska),

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

SNOW ICE AND PERMAFROST RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT WILMETTE ILL

Personal Author(s):

• Komarov ,V. D.

Report Date:

1961-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

7.0

Abstract:

The total amount of water and ice in frozen sand several hours after the test always remained considerably higher than the capillary moisture capacity of unfrozen sand. This is not without interest because one can easily imagine a process of considerable supersaturation of frozen sand as a result of alternating freezing and thawing. Author

Descriptors:

• (*SOILS
• MOISTURE)
• FREEZING
• TEMPERATURE
• ABSORPTION
• SAND
• TEST METHODS
• USSR

Subject Categories:

• Soil Mechanics
• Snow, Ice and Permafrost

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE