Revision of thickness design of cylindrical frozen walls considering frost heave

Abstract

This paper outlines development of the thickness design of cylindrical frozen walls in artificial ground freezing (AFG). A plain strain mechanical model coupled with infinite surrounding soil and rock takes into account the frost heave ratio to investigate the influence of frost heave on the thickness design of frozen wall, and superposition method is used to solve the complicated problem of frozen wall swelling. A revised formula referred to as Baoshen formula has been proposed. This formula provides a convenient analytic solution for any AGF problem involving not only frost heave but also the