Theoretical modeling framework for an unsaturated freezing soil

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-35

  Li, Ning ^a,b,c   Chen, Feixiong ^b,c   Xu, Bin ^a,c   Swoboda, Gunter ^c,d  

^a XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c Chengdu Metro Co LTD   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

FEM model; Freezing soil; Frost heave; Modeling framework; Quasi confined media; Thaw settlement; Unsaturated

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FREEZING; MOISTURE; NUMERICAL METHODS; POROUS MATERIALS; WORD PROCESSING;

FEM MODEL; FREEZING SOIL; FROST HEAVE; MODELING FRAMEWORK; QUASI-CONFINED MEDIA; THAW SETTLEMENT; UNSATURATED;

SOILS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FROST HEAVE; FROZEN GROUND; MULTIPHASE FLOW; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SUBGRADE; THAWING; THEORETICAL STUDY; UNSATURATED MEDIUM;

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

EID: 51449103481     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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