A generalized relationship to estimate thermal resistivity of soils

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 767-773

  Gangadhara Rao, M V B B ^a   Singh, D N ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Black cotton soil; Fly ash; Laboratory thermal probe; Sands; Silty sand; Thermal resistivity

Indexed keywords

BURIED STRUCTURE; RESISTIVITY; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

FLY ASH; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SAND; SILT; SOIL MECHANICS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS;

BLACK COTTON SOIL; SILTY SAND;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0033170208     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t99-037     Document Type: Article

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