Stability Analysis and Numerical Simulation of Differential Frost Heave |
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| Authors: | Rorik A Peterson |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USA |
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| Abstract: | Differential frost heave is often implicated in the formation of patterned ground in regions subject to recurrent freezing
and thawing. A linear stability analysis (LSA) indicates that a continuum model of frost heave is linearly unstable under
typical natural freezing conditions of silty-clay soils. A two-dimensional non-linear numerical analysis corroborates the
frozen time LSA results, and also indicates the importance of non-linear and time-dependent terms that ultimately lead to
a preferred mode, which the LSA fails to predict. Instability of the one-dimensional solution occurs at shallow freezing depths
and near-zero surface loads when positive perturbations in the ice content at the freezing front lead to a concomitant increase
in thermomolecular pressure and upward ice velocity. Differential frost heave can then occur because of the increased heat
flux from the perturbed surfaces. A three-dimensional model using random initial surface perturbations indicates that regular
surface patterns will evolve with a length scale in the order of 2–4 meters, which corresponds quite closely with naturally-occurring
non-sorted patterned ground. |
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| Keywords: | Patterned ground Differential frost heave Stability analysis |
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