Using molecular dynamics to unravel the phase composition behavior of nano-size pores in frozen soils-Does Young-Laplace equation apply in the low temperature range?

• Main Authors: Zhang, Chao, Liu, Zhen, Deng, Peng
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: NRC Research Press (a division of Canadian Science Publishing) 2017
• Subjects: Laplace; permafrost
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/89144; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/cgj-2016-0150

The phase composition curve of frozen soils is a fundamental relationship in understanding permafrost and seasonally frozen soils. However, due to the complex interplay between adsorption and capillarity, a clear physically-based understanding of the phase composition curve in the low temperature ra...