A computational study of the interaction of melting soil with moisture transport in the native soil

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 6, Issue , 1998, Pages

  Schreiber, Will ^a   Kuo, John ^b  

^a University of Alabama   (United States)

^b ADT Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; BOTTLES; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FORECASTING; HEAT TRANSFER; MOISTURE; SOILS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

BOUNDARY FITTED COORDINATES; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; CONSTANT TEMPERATURE; INTERFACE MOVEMENT; MOISTURE PENETRATION; MOISTURE TRANSPORT; NON-ORTHOGONAL COORDINATES; PARTIALLY SATURATED;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EID: 27844516436     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC98/CIE-6037     Document Type: Conference Paper

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