Modeling the performance of an air convection embankment (ACE) with thermal berm over ice-rich permafrost, Lost Chicken Creek, Alaska

Construction of roadway embankments over permafrost often results in settlement due to thawing of ice-rich foundation soils. The air convection embankment (ACE) is a relatively new design developed to reduce thaw settlement. In 2012 an ACE and an adjacent thermal berm were constructed as part of a realignment of the Taylor Highway near Lost Chicken Creek, Alaska. The Taylor Highway, a minor roadway with a gravel surface, is closed and not...