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Distribution of the phase front in the freezing of finely-dispersed soils

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The process of the freezing of soils is examined with allowance for the migration of moisture in the freezing and thaw zones.

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Abbreviations

τ, x:

time and space coordinates

t, W, L:

dimensionless values of temperature, moisture content, and ice content

c,a, D:

volumetric heat capacity, diffusivity, and diffusion of moisture

ρ:

density of the skeleton

We :

equilibrium value of moisture content

κ:

enthalpy of phase transformations

τ* :

characteristic time

θ, gw, ℓ, ϕ:

dimensionless values of temperature, moisture content, ice content, and diffusion coefficient of the moisture

Fo:

Fourier criterion

Ste:

Stefan number

n:

empirical constant

0, 1, and 2:

pertain to the initial and boundary states

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  1. Ukhta Industrial Institute, USSR

    L. E. Bronfenbrener & 1. P. Yarin

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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 56, No. 5, pp. 805–810, May, 1989.

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Bronfenbrener, L.E., Yarin, 1.P. Distribution of the phase front in the freezing of finely-dispersed soils. Journal of Engineering Physics 56, 575–579 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01297609

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