Debris flow events are responsible for a fair amount of disasters worldwide that have caused a great deal of damages in the built environment. All the same, this phenomenon has caused many casualties. It is therefore, amongst the most dangerous natural hazards due to the elevated impact pressures it can reach.

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One of the expected effects of global warming is the gradual melting of permafrost. Its melting will significantly impact soil material properties, potentially causing instability of infrastructures and triggering natural hazards.
The objective of this experimentation is to quantify the effect of thawing on the geomechanical strength of a reconstituted fine soil. More specifically, it is intended to qualify the initial frozen state and compare it to the state after thawing. This study was carried out in three steps. To begin, soil samples were...