TY - JOUR
T1 - Development of correlations for soil thermal conductivity
AU - Becker, Bryan R.
AU - Misra, Anil
AU - Fricke, Brian A.
PY - 1992
Y1 - 1992
N2 - Soil thermal conductivity is significantly influenced by saturation and dry density. In this paper, a family of empirical correlations are presented which relate soil thermal conductivity to saturation for five soil types, namely, gravel, sand, silt, clay and peat, in both the frozen and unfrozen states. These correlations were developed from a soil thermal conductivity database which was constructed from measured data available in the literature. The effects of dry density are also examined.
AB - Soil thermal conductivity is significantly influenced by saturation and dry density. In this paper, a family of empirical correlations are presented which relate soil thermal conductivity to saturation for five soil types, namely, gravel, sand, silt, clay and peat, in both the frozen and unfrozen states. These correlations were developed from a soil thermal conductivity database which was constructed from measured data available in the literature. The effects of dry density are also examined.
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U2 - 10.1016/0735-1933(92)90064-O
DO - 10.1016/0735-1933(92)90064-O
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0026624651
SN - 0735-1933
VL - 19
SP - 59
EP - 68
JO - International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer
JF - International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer
IS - 1
ER -