Assessment of the effectiveness of two heat removal techniques for permafrost protection

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 179-192

  Jørgensen, Anders Stuhr ^a   Doré, Guy ^b   Voyer, Érika ^b   Chataigner, Yohann ^b   Gosselin, Louis ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air convection embankment; Cooling effect; Heat drain; Heat removal; Mitigation techniques; Permafrost degradation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGRADATION; EMBANKMENTS; HEAT CONVECTION; SHOULDERS (ROAD); TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VENTILATION;

AIR CONVECTION EMBANKMENT; HEAT DRAIN; HEAT REMOVAL;

PERMAFROST;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COOLING; DEGRADATION; EMBANKMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LABORATORY METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMAFROST; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 44649165259     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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