Laboratory investigation of the heat transfer characteristics of a trapezoidal crushed-rock layer under impermeable and permeable boundaries

Experimental Heat Transfer

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 251-264

  Zhang, Mingyi ^a   Lai, Yuanming ^a   Yu, Wenbing ^a   Qi, Jilin ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Heat transfer characteristics; Impermeable and permeable boundaries; Porous medium; Trapezoidal crushed rock layer

Indexed keywords

COOLING; CRUSHING; EMBANKMENTS; HEAT TRANSFER; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; NATURAL CONVECTION; POROUS MATERIALS; WIND EFFECTS;

IMPERMEABLE BOUNDARIES; PERMEABLE BOUNDARIES; TRAPEZOIDAL CRUSHED-ROCK LAYER;

ROCKS;

EID: 33748644224     PISSN: 08916152     EISSN: 15210480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08916150600616535     Document Type: Article

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