Effects of aggregate size on soil thermal conductivity: Comparison of measured and model-predicted data

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 536-541

  Usowicz, B ^a   Lipiec, J ^a   Usowicz, J B ^b   Marczewski, W ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF AGROPHYSICS   (Poland)

^b NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c Borowiec Astrogeodynamic Observatory   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aggregate size; Porosity; Soil thermal conductivity; Water content

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE SIZE; AS-SOILS; BULK DENSITY; CALORIMETRIC METHODS; CONTACT AREAS; FRACTION SIZE; LOW THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; MAXIMUM RELATIVE ERRORS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SOIL BULK DENSITY; SOIL CHARACTERISTICS; SOIL THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL WATER CONTENT; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; VOLUMETRIC HEAT CAPACITY; WATER FILM;

CONDUCTIVE FILMS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; POROSITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; WATER CONTENT;

AGGREGATES;

EID: 84869885655     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2012.10.067     Document Type: Article

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