凍脹
凍脹(英語:Frost heaving)是指當水向上進入到土壤中的冰凍溫度深度時,就結冰引起土壤向上膨脹。冰的生長需要供水,由土壤中的毛細作用將水輸送。由於上覆土壤的重量,限制了冰的向上生長,就在土壤內形成一個透鏡狀冰區域。這些冰透鏡的形成能讓土壤,上升高達 1 英尺(0.30 米)或更多。土壤必須有足夠的孔隙度讓水性通過毛細管作用上升,但孔隙度又不能太高到破壞毛細管的連續性。這種土壤被稱為「易凍層」的土壤。冰透鏡的生長能不斷消耗在冰凍前沿的上升水[1][2]。不同的凍脹會導致路面開裂——導致春季坑窪的形成——並損壞建築地基[3][4]。
冰針是在結冰季節開始時發生的凍脹,此時冰凍尚未深入土壤,沒有土壤覆蓋層可以作為凍脹[5]。
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