Comparison of two methods used to evaluate thermal conductivity for some soils

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1073-1078

  Abu Hamdeh, N H ^a   Khdair, A I ^a   Reeder, R C ^b  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY; COOLING; HEATING; MOISTURE; SOIL TESTING; SOILS;

BULK DENSITY;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS;

HOT WIRE PROBE; MOISTURE; SOIL; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 0035263533     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(00)00144-7     Document Type: Article

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