Laboratory investigation on the cooling effect of the embankment with L-shaped thermosyphon and crushed-rock revetment in permafrost regions

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 143-150

  Lai, Yuanming ^a   Guo, Hongxin ^a   Dong, Yuanhong ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Cooling effect; Crushed rock revetment; Embankment in permafrost region; L shaped thermosyphon

Indexed keywords

COLD REGIONS; COMBINED MEASURE; CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING; COOLING EFFECT; COOLING EFFECTS; COOLING TECHNIQUE; CRUSHED-ROCK REVETMENT; EMBANKMENT IN PERMAFROST REGION; EMBANKMENT STABILITY; L-SHAPED; L-SHAPED THERMOSYPHON; LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS; LABORATORY TEST; PERMAFROST REGION; THERMAL STABILITY; THERMOSYPHON;

CAPILLARY FLOW; COOLING; EMBANKMENTS; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; REVETMENTS; ROADS AND STREETS; ROCKS; SIPHONS; THERMAL INSULATION; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

PERMAFROST;

ASPHALT; COLD REGION; COOLING; EMBANKMENT; FROZEN GROUND; INSULATION; LABORATORY METHOD; PERMAFROST; REVETMENT; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 67650168688     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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