Research Article
Effects of Freezing and Thawing Cycle on Mechanical Properties and Stability of Soft Rock Slope
Table 1
Orthogonal experiment design and results.
| Number | Moisture content (%) | Number of the freezing and thawing cycles | Temperature (°C) | (kPa) | (°) |
| (1) | 15.3 | 1 | −5 | 31.9 | 20.9 | (2) | 15.3 | 2 | −10 | 27.1 | 19.8 | (3) | 15.3 | 3 | −15 | 25.2 | 18.2 | (4) | 15.3 | 5 | −20 | 22.7 | 17.2 | (5) | 18.1 | 1 | −10 | 25.8 | 20.5 | (6) | 18.1 | 2 | −5 | 23.1 | 19.8 | (7) | 18.1 | 3 | −20 | 19.6 | 17.5 | (8) | 18.1 | 5 | −15 | 17.9 | 16.8 | (9) | 20.3 | 1 | −15 | 21.7 | 19.9 | (10) | 20.3 | 2 | −20 | 18.7 | 18.6 | (11) | 20.3 | 3 | −5 | 18.2 | 17.6 | (12) | 20.3 | 5 | −10 | 15.3 | 16.7 | (13) | 23 | 1 | −20 | 17.2 | 19.4 | (14) | 23 | 2 | −15 | 15.6 | 18.2 | (15) | 23 | 3 | −10 | 13.7 | 17.2 | (16) | 23 | 5 | −5 | 12.7 | 16.4 |
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