Inter-particle contact heat transfer in soil systems at moderate temperatures

International Journal of Energy Research

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 2002, Pages 1345-1358

  Tarnawski, V R ^a   Leong, W H ^b   Gori, F ^c   Buchan, G D ^d   Sundberg, J ^e  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^e SWEDISH GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Predictive models; Soils; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION THEORY; POROSITY; SOILS; TEMPERATURE; TEXTURES; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

HARMONIC MEAN; INTER-PARTICLE CONTACTS;

HEAT TRANSFER;

HEAT TRANSFER; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL TEXTURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 0036925565     PISSN: 0363907X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/er.853     Document Type: Article

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