A simple model of ice segregation using an analytic function to model heat and soil-water flow
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Abstract
For slowly moving freezing fronts in soil, the heat-transport equation may be approximated by the Laplacian of temperature. Consequently, potential theory may be assumed to apply and the temperature state can be approximated by an analytic function. The movement of freezing fronts may be approximated by a time-stepped solution of the phase-change problem, thus solving directly for heat flow across a freezing or thawing front. Moisture transport may approximated by using an exact solution of the moisture-transport equation assuming quasi-steady-state conditions, appropriate boundary conditions, and an exponential function relating unsaturated hydraulic conductivity (defined within the thawed zones) to pore water pressure (tension). This approach is used to develop a single model of ice segregation (frost-heave) in freezing soils. Applications to published and experimental one-dimension soil column freezing data show promising results.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | A simple model of ice segregation using an analytic function to model heat and soil-water flow |
| Series title | Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Transactions of the ASME |
| DOI | 10.1115/1.3231116 |
| Volume | 106 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Year Published | 1984 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
| Contributing office(s) | California Water Science Center |
| Description | 6 p. |
| First page | 515 |
| Last page | 520 |
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