Investigation of water to ice phase change in porous media by ultrasonic and dielectric measurements

Journal of Cold Regions Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 69-90

  Fabbri, Antonin ^a,b   Fen Chong, Teddy ^b   Azouni, Aza ^b   Thimus, Jean François ^c  

^a BRGM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cement; Clays; Freeze thaw; Hysteresis; Pore size distribution; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

CAPACITIVE SENSOR; DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; DIELECTRIC MEASUREMENTS; FREEZE-THAW; FREEZING THAWING CYCLES; ICE CONTENT; ICE PHASE; LOW-TEMPERATURE CALORIMETRY; MATERIAL MICROSTRUCTURES; MERCURY INTRUSION POROSIMETRY; POROUS MEDIA; SUB-ZERO TEMPERATURES; THERMOPOROMETRY; ULTRASONIC WAVE VELOCITY;

CEMENTS; CLAY MINERALS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; FREEZING; HYSTERESIS; ICE; MERCURY (METAL); PORE SIZE; POROUS MATERIALS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; THAWING; THERMODYNAMICS; ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONICS;

CONCRETES;

DIELECTRIC PROPERTY; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; HYSTERESIS; ICE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MICROSTRUCTURE; PHASE TRANSITION; POROSITY; POROUS MEDIUM; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; THERMODYNAMICS; ULTRASONICS; WATER; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 66249106379     PISSN: 0887381X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0887-381X(2009)23:2(69)     Document Type: Article

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