Prediction of temperature-distribution in frozen soils
Submitted by Armida on Fri, 02/15/2013 - 16:47
| Title | Prediction of temperature-distribution in frozen soils |
| Publication Type | Conference Proceedings |
| Year of Conference | 1943 |
| Authors | Berggren, W. P. |
| Conference Name | 11th Annual Western Interstate Snow Survey Conference |
| Series Title | Proceedings of the 11th Annual Western Interstate Snow Survey Conference |
| Date Published | June 1943 |
| Publisher | American Geophysical Union, Transactions, Part III: |
| Conference Location | Corvallis, Oregon |
| Keywords | Frost penetration |
| Abstract | The problem of frost penetration in moist soils is idealized as a problem of heat conduction in a semi-infinite slab of porous material through which a liquid is uniformly diffused. Solution of the heat equation with selected boundary conditions suggests that the depth of the frozen layer increases with the square root of time. Formula development from laboratory data are exhibited. The difficulties in attacking this problem of varying properties of soil classification, and varying quantities of soil moisture and distribution are admitted by the author.Discussions are presented by Dr. J.E. Church and Dr. Robert E. Horton. |
| URL | /files/PDFs/1943Berggren.pdf |
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