Onset and evaluation on winter-time natural convection cooling effectiveness of crushed-rock highway embankment

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 218-231

  Binxiang, Sun ^a   Lijun, Yang ^a   Xuezu, Xu ^a  

^a SHAOXING COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Cooling effectiveness; Crushed rock embankment; Heat transfer rate per unit length; Natural convection; Qinghai Tibet Highway

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT TRANSFER; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NATURAL CONVECTION; PERMAFROST;

CRUSHED-ROCK HIGHWAY EMBANKMENT; PORE-AIR CIRCULATION; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; REVETMENT EMBANKMENT;

EMBANKMENTS;

COLD REGION; CONVECTION; COOLING; HEAT TRANSFER; ISOTHERM; PERMAFROST; PERMEABILITY; PORE PRESSURE; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; REVETMENT; WINTER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 34147162881     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2006.12.005     Document Type: Article

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