Accession Number:

ADA111734

Title:

Thermal Properties of Soils

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER NH

Personal Author(s):

• Farouki, Omar T.

Report Date:

1981-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

151.0

Abstract:

This monograph describes the thermal properties of soils, unfrozen or frozen. The effects on these properties of water and its phase changes are detailed. An explanation is given of the interaction between moisture and heat transfer. Other influences on soil thermal properties are described, including such factors as soil composition, structure, additives, salts, organics, hysteresis and temperature. Techniques for testing soil thermal conductivity are outlined and the methods for calculating this property are described. The monograph gives the results of an evaluation of these methods whereby their predictions were compared with measured values, thus showing their applicability to various soil types and conditions.

Descriptors:

• *SOILS
• ADDITIVES
• COMPOSITION(PROPERTY)
• HEAT TRANSFER
• HYSTERESIS
• MEASUREMENT
• MIGRATION
• MOISTURE
• ORGANIC MATERIALS
• SALTS
• STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES
• TEMPERATURE
• THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY
• THERMAL PROPERTIES
• WATER

Subject Categories:

• Soil Mechanics
• Thermodynamics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE