Study of ice content and hydro-mechanical behaviour of frozen soils

• Main Author: Mao, Yanxin
• Other Authors: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria Civil i Ambiental, Gens Solé, Antonio, Romero Morales, Enrique Edgar
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya 2018
• Subjects: Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil; Unsaturated frozen soil; Ice content; Thermal conductivity; Electrical resistivity tomography; THM coupling; Suelo congelado parcialmente saturado; Contenido de hielo; Permitividad dieléctrica relativa; Conductividad térmica; Acoplamiento THM; Alta; Baja; Curva; Hielo; Mercurio; Pequeña; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2117/134626; http://hdl.handle.net/10803/667039

Aplicat embargament des de la data de defensa fins el dia de publicació. The hydro-mechanical behaviour of soils during freezing and thawing is a coupled multi-physics process that has important practical applications. To cite but a few examples, on artificial ground freezing –to provide structural...