caa a22 4500 606223797 CHVBK 20210128105230.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150501xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11204-015-9312-1 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11204-015-9312-1 Effects of Freezing and Thawing Cycles on the Engineering Properties of Soils [Elektronische Daten] [E. Özgan, S. Serin, S. Ertürk, I. Vural] In this study, particular engineering characteristics of soil exposed to freezing and thawing cycles were investigated. Low plasticity clay (CL) soil samples (classified according to the USCS soil classification system) were sampled in situ, and some basic properties of these soil samples were investigated by performing sieve analyses, hydrometer tests, specific gravity tests, and liquid, plastic, and shrinkage limits tests. The same tests were also conducted after freezing and thawing cycles. Additionally, scanning electron microscope (SEM) tests to determine the microstructures of the soil samples and energy dispersive X-ray-EDX tests to determine the chemical compositions of the samples were performed. Finally, triaxial compression tests were conducted before and after the freezing and thawing cycles to determine the strength parameters of the soil samples. The experimental results show that the physical and mechanical properties of the soil changed significantly after the freezing and thawing cycles. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2015 Özgan E. Duzce University, Duzce, Turkey aut Serin S. Duzce University, Duzce, Turkey aut Ertürk S. Duzce University, Duzce, Turkey aut Vural I. University of Sakarya, Sakarya, Turkey aut Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 52/2(2015-05-01), 95-99 0038-0741 52:2<95 2015 52 11204 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11204-015-9312-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11204-015-9312-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Özgan E. Duzce University, Duzce, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Serin S. Duzce University, Duzce, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ertürk S. Duzce University, Duzce, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Vural I. University of Sakarya, Sakarya, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 52/2(2015-05-01), 95-99 0038-0741 52:2<95 2015 52 11204 SWISSBIB 60622372X