Thermal radiation and conduction properties of materials ranging from sand to rock-fill

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 532-542

  Fillion, Marie Hélène ^a,b   Côté, Jean ^a   Konrad, Jean Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Effective thermal conductivity; Particle size; Porosity; Radiation; Rock fill materials

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTION PROPERTIES; COOLING POTENTIAL; EFFECTIVE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; EFFECTIVE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY MODELS; EQUIVALENT PARTICLE SIZE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FILL MATERIALS; FLUID CIRCULATION; RADIATION HEAT TRANSFER; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; TESTING TEMPERATURE; THERMAL RADIATIONS; TYPICAL VALUES;

HEAT FLUX; HEAT RADIATION; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; RADIATION EFFECTS; ROCKS;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EMBANKMENT; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; PARTICLE SIZE; PERMAFROST; POROSITY; ROCKFILL; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 79954586820     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: 12086010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t10-093     Document Type: Article

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