Maximum frost heave and frost heave reduction under the different groundwater level conditions.
| Processing . | Groundwater buried depth/m . | Maximum amount of frost heaving/cm . | Lowest amount of frost heaving/cm . | Reduction of frost heave/% . | Reduction of frost heave for every 1 cm reduction in the water level/cm . | Average value of freezing expansion decreases with each 1 cm decrease in the water level/cm . |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ground elevation | 1.28 | 12.4 | \ | \ | \ | \ |
| 0.5 m platform | 1.78 | 3.6 | 8.8 | 71.0 | 0.18 | 0.15 |
| 1.0 m platform | 2.28 | 2.0 | 10.4 | 83.8 | 0.11 |
| Processing . | Groundwater buried depth/m . | Maximum amount of frost heaving/cm . | Lowest amount of frost heaving/cm . | Reduction of frost heave/% . | Reduction of frost heave for every 1 cm reduction in the water level/cm . | Average value of freezing expansion decreases with each 1 cm decrease in the water level/cm . |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ground elevation | 1.28 | 12.4 | \ | \ | \ | \ |
| 0.5 m platform | 1.78 | 3.6 | 8.8 | 71.0 | 0.18 | 0.15 |
| 1.0 m platform | 2.28 | 2.0 | 10.4 | 83.8 | 0.11 |