The modelling of the freezing process in fine-grained porous media: Application to the frost heave estimation

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 120-134

  Bronfenbrener, Leonid ^a  

^a NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Equilibrium unfrozen water content and total moisture (including ice); Freezing zone; Frost heave; Frozen and freezing front; Overburden pressure; Segregation potential

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; FROZEN SOILS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; ICE; POROUS MATERIALS; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); WATER CONTENT;

EQUILIBRIUM UNFROZEN WATER CONTENT AND TOTAL MOISTURE (INCLUDING ICE); FROST HEAVE; FROZEN AND FREEZING FRONT; OVERBURDEN PRESSURE; SEGREGATION POTENTIAL;

FREEZING;

ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FREEZING; FROST HEAVE; MODELING; POROUS MEDIUM; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 63149173597     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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