Modeling heat transfer between a freeze pipe and the surrounding ground during artificial ground freezing activities

Computers and Geotechnics

Volumn 63, Issue , 2015, Pages 99-111

  Vitel, M ^a   Rouabhi, A ^a   Tijani, M ^a   Guerin F ^b  

^a CENTRE DE GÉOSCIENCES   (France)

^b AREVA NP   (France)

Author keywords

Artificial ground freezing; Finite element; Heat transfer; Latent heat; Least squares finite element

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; LATENT HEAT;

ARTIFICIAL GROUND FREEZING; LEAST-SQUARES FINITE ELEMENTS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOMETRY; GROUND FREEZING; HEAT TRANSFER; LATENT HEAT FLUX; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PIPE;

EID: 84907830973     PISSN: 0266352X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2014.08.004     Document Type: Article

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