1st Edition

Ground Freezing Proceedings of the 7th international symposium, Nancy, France, 24-28 October 1994

Edited By M. Frémond Copyright 1994
432 Pages
by CRC Press

432 Pages
by CRC Press

Artificial ground freezing has been used for over a century to form a temporary support and an impermeable barrier for underground openings and other excavations. Nowadays it can be an efficient barrier to prevent pollution spreading in permeable soils. Depending on circumstances chilled brine or liquid nitrogen is circulated through freeze tubes to form ice walls. This requires a good... Read more
Preface 1 Heat and mass transfer 2 Mechanical properties 3 Engineering design 4 Case histories 5 Environmental soil freezing 6 Posters.

Biography

M. Frémond, Laboratoire des Materiaux et des Structures du Genie Civil, LCPC/CNRS, Champs sur Marne, France.