Earth’s Cryosphere, 2016, Vol. XX, No. 1, p. 29-33

MECHANOCALORICAL EFFECT IN FROZEN GROUND UNDER UNIAXIAL COMPRESSION

S.S. Volokhov

Lomonosov Moscow State University, Department of Geology,
1, Leninskie Gory, Moscow, 119991, Russia; volokhov@geol.msu.ru

Mechanocalorical effect in frozen ground subject to uniaxial compression is studied in loading tests. The effect appears to be largely due to the growth of cracks.

Frozen ground, uniaxial compression, mechanocalorical effect, crack growth