Analytical solution of the heat pulse method in a parallelepiped sample space

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1607-1619

  Liu, Gang ^a   Li, Baoguo ^a   Ren, Tusheng ^a   Horton, Robert ^b  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMAL DIFFUSION;

HEAT DURATION; VOLUMETRIC HEAT CAPACITY (C);

SOIL SURVEYS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; SOIL SURVEYS; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMAL DIFFUSION;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; DIFFUSIVITY; HEATING; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL WATER; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 36749045773     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2006.0390     Document Type: Article

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