Air Convection Embankment Experimental Feature Design – Phase I

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• Creators:
  Goering, DJ
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Alaska Fairbanks. Institute of Northern Engineering
• Corporate Contributors:
  Alaska. Dept. of Transportation and Public Facilities ; United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Convection (Fluid mechanics)
  • Embankments
  • Interchanges
  • Permafrost
  • Alaska
  • air convection
  • embankments
  • experimental design
  • interchanges
  • permafrost regions
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  AK-RD-97-02, INE/TRC 97.06, SPR-95-08, Interim Rept
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  Alaska ; United States
• TRIS Online Accession Number:
  00759194
• Edition:
  Interim Report 1996-1997
• Corporate Publisher:
  Alaska. Dept. of Transportation and Public Facilities
• Abstract:
  Prior research work (Goering and Kumar, 1996; and Goering, 1996) has indicated that Air Convection Embankments are a promising technique for limiting the thaw settlement damage that often occurs when roadway embankments are constructed in regions of warm permafrost. These studies led to the proposal of a full-scale experimental Air Convection Embankment (ACE) to be constructed through the Federal Experimental Features in Construction Program. A work plan for including an ACE in the Parks/Chena Ridge Interchange project (Federal Project No. I-0A4-5(7), State of Alaska Project No. 63538) was forwarded and approved in 1994. This project report discusses the design and construction of the Parks/Chena Ridge ACE experimental feature which occurred during 1996 and 1997.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/40613/dot_40613_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.90 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:be7d09c77fff12739a67d48f6f88ae467916bc0d07c80a90c76a651e0b07e967