Frost Action in Soils: Fundamentals and Mitigation in a Changing Climate reviews and updates the state of knowledge on frost-action fundamentals, the impact of climate change, and mitigation of frost action on pavements and other structures.

Introductory technical guidance for civil engineers, geotechnical engineers and other professional engineers and construction managers interested in freeze/thaw conditions in soil in cold regions. Here is what is discussed: 1. GENERAL, 2. DEFINITIONS AND THERMAL PROPERTIES, 3. ONE-DIMENSIONAL LINEAR AND PERIODIC HEAT FLOW, 4. ABBREVIATIONS, 5. BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Introductory technical guidance for civil and geotechnical engineers interested in freeze/thaw conditions in soil. Here is what is discussed: 1. GENERAL 2. DEFINITIONS AND THERMAL PROPERTIES 3. ONE-DIMENSIONAL LINEAR AND PERIODIC HEAT FLOW 4. ABBREVIATIONS 5. BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Concrete durability in climates where freezing and thawing occurs is a continuing problem. It is particularly acute for highway and bridge structures, where de-icing salts are used to combat the effects of frost, snow and ice. These salts can cause damage to concrete and accelerate corrosion of reinforcements. This book presents the latest international research on this area, with contributions from North America and Europe which were presented at an international RILEM workshop.

This book is intended as a reference book for advanced graduate students and research engineers in rock mechanics related to mining, civil engineering, etc. Environmental and human-induced loading acting on manmade works is disturbed in essence. During construction and operation of major engineering projects, e.g., civil engineering, mining engineering, hydraulic engineering, bridge engineering and petroleum engineering, the structures built in or on rock mass not only bear the complex in situ conditions, e.g., stress, seepage, faulting, thermal and chemical coupling, but also often encounter a variety of stress disturbances during engineering construction and operation periods, the stress disturbance acted on rock mass structures can be low-medium strain rate, and also high strain rate. Along with the constructions on rock mass, a lot of disasters, e.g., tunnel rockburst, induced seismicity and sand liquefaction, are cyclic and dynamic processes.