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Experience Using Heat Pumps as Soil Heat Stabilization Systems in a Cryolithological Zone

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The paper examines the workability and the advantages of modern heat-pump subgrade cooling to ensure structure strength and stability in permafrost.

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Translated from Osnovaniya, Fundamenty i Mekhanika Gruntov, No. 5, pp. 23-26, September-October, 2015.

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Ibragimov, È.V., Kronik, Y.A. & Pustovoit, G.P. Experience Using Heat Pumps as Soil Heat Stabilization Systems in a Cryolithological Zone. Soil Mech Found Eng 52, 273–276 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11204-015-9340-x

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