Transportation Soil Engineering in Cold Regions, Volume 1

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. Problems of Permafrost, Frost Heave and Thaw

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Influence of Intra-seasonal Snowfall Deposition, the Peculiarities of Snow Cover Accumulation and Winter Season Temperature Variation on Ground Freezing Depth

      • Denis Frolov

      Pages 3-8

   3. Characteristics of Slope Surfaces Deformed by Frost Heaving

      • Atsuko Sato, Osamu Hatakeyama

      Pages 9-17

   4. The Account of Frost Heave and Thawing Processes When Designing Road Embankments in Cold Regions

      • I. I. Sakharov, V. N. Paramonov, S. A. Kudryavtsev

      Pages 19-24

   5. Temperature Deformations of Soil Influencing Transportation Continuity in the Arctic Region

      • A. A. Nesterov, A. V. Marchenko, N. K. Vasiliev, Y. G. Kondrashov, A. I. Alhimenko

      Pages 25-34

   6. Field Experimental Investigations of Freezing and Thawing of Highway Subgrade

      • B. B. Teltayev, Askar Zhussupbekov, Zh. Shakhmov, E. A. Suppes

      Pages 35-47

   7. The Destruction of Stabilized Expansive Clays Due to Frost Action

      • Kumor Maciej Kordian, Kumor Lukasz

      Pages 49-57

   8. Experimental Study on Shear Strength Characteristics of Silty Sand Under Freezing and Thawing Conditions

      • Yali Li, Yahu Tian

      Pages 59-69

   9. Measurement for Permeability of Frozen Soil by Transient Pulse Method

      • Tetsuya Tokoro, Tatsuya Ishikawa

      Pages 71-78

   10. Effects of Permafrost on Earthquake Resistance of Transport Facilities in the Baikal–Amur Mainline Area

       • T. A. Belash, A. M. Uzdin

       Pages 79-95

   11. Creation of the Massif of Permafrost in Construction Zones of Engineering Structures on Soft Soils

       • V. I. Moiseev, T. A. Komarova, O. A. Komarova, N. K. Vasiliev

       Pages 97-104

   12. Research of Ribbed Piles in Permafrost

       • Naberezhnyi Artem, Kuzmin Georgiy, Savvina Aleksandra

       Pages 105-113

   13. The MonArc Project: Monitoring Programme for Foundation Settlements and Initial Results

       • Anatoly O. Sinitsyn, Pavel I. Kotov, Arne Aalberg

       Pages 115-123

3. Soil Dynamics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125

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   2. New Approach of Railway Roadbed State Monitoring Using Broadband Seismometers

      • Galina Antonovskaya, Natalia Kapustian, Irina Basakina

      Pages 127-138

   3. Analysis of Vibration Measurements on Moving Trains

      • Jonas Majala, Jan Laue

      Pages 139-148

   4. Geoecological Aspects of 27 Tons Axle Load Innovative Cars Influence on the Railway Roadbed

      • Ivan Kozlov, Ksenia Ivanova, Dmitry Kozlov, Vadim Govorov, Evgenii Shekhtman

      Pages 149-156

   5. Estimation of Shear Strength and Shear Wave Velocity for Frozen Soils with Various Silt Fractions

      • Sang Yeob Kim, Jong-Sub Lee

      Pages 157-162

4. Problems of Design, Construction and Operation of Transport Infrastructure in Cold Regions

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 163-163

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This volume comprises select papers presented during TRANSOILCOLD 2019. It covers the challenges and problems faced by engineers, designers, contractors, and infrastructure owners during planning and building of transport infrastructure in Arctic and cold regions. The contents of this book will be of use to researchers and professional engineers alike.

• Geoenvironmental Problems
• Freeze-thaw
• Avalanches
• Disaster Prevention
• Permafrost
• Geosynthetics
• Geotechnics

• Emperor Alexander I St. Petersburg State Transport University, St. Petersburg, Russia

  Andrei Petriaev, Anastasia Konon

Dr. Andrei Petriaev is a senior researcher in the Emperor Alexander I St. Petersburg State Transport University, Russia and the President of Russian Chapter of IGS. Dr Petriaev's research expertise is in geoecology and the geotechnics of railways and road design, with specific focus on the challenges faced in cold and arid regions.   He  has served as the conference chair for the Transportation Geotechnics and Geoecology conference in 2017, and on the scientific committee for various other conferences.


Dr. Anastasia Konon is an associate professor in Emperor Alexander I St. Petersburg State Transport University, Russia, where she joined in 2005. Dr Konon's research interests are primarily in road and railway engineering, with specific emphasis on the geotechnical challenges faced in cold and arid environmental conditions.  She has worked as a technician, researcher and engineer in railway design and geotechnics projects for JSC RussianRailways, and has served as the conference secretary for  Transportation Geotechnics and Geoecology conference in 2017, and on the scientific committee for various other conferences.
 

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