Water flow and heat transport including ice/water phase change in porous media: Numerical simulation and application

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 74-84

  Tan, Xianjun ^a   Chen, Weizhong ^a,b   Tian, Hongming ^a   Cao, Junjie ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ice and water phase change; Segregation potential; Thermal hydro coupling; Tunnel in cold regions

Indexed keywords

COUPLED MODELS; COUPLING MODELS; FREEZE/THAW; FREEZING PROCESS; FREEZING-THAWING; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HEAT PRESERVATION; HEAT TRANSPORT; INSULATION MATERIALS; LABORATORY TEST; PHASE CHANGE; RESEARCH RESULTS; SEEPAGE VELOCITY; SEGREGATION POTENTIAL; SORET EFFECTS; SURROUNDING ROCK; THERMAL-HYDRO COUPLING; WATER FLOWS; WATER PHASE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; ELASTICITY; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; FLOW OF WATER; FREEZING; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRAULICS; INSULATING MATERIALS; INSULATION; PERMAFROST; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SEEPAGE; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

POROUS MATERIALS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW MODELING; FREEZING; HEAT TRANSFER; POROUS MEDIUM; THAWING; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER FLOW;

CHINA; XIZANG;

EID: 79960030946     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2011.04.004     Document Type: Article

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