Brondenbrener, Leonid

Modelling heat and mass transfer in freezing porous media / Leonid Brondenbrener - Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers Inc, 2012 - xvii, 361 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. - Materials science and technologies . - Materials science and technologies series .

Includes bibliographical references and index

The main water transfer mechanisms and transfer equations -- Heat and moisture transfer in freezing soils -- The three-zone models for the freezing process of porous medium : analytical solution -- A non-instantaneous kinetic model in soils freezing processes : numerical solution -- Instability of the freezing phase front -- The freezing and thawing processes in the soil : applications -- Frost heave in freezing soils -- Phase front instability in freezing soils under conditions of the frost heave occurs

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Soil freezing--Mathematical models
Porous materials--Thermal properties œx Mathematical models
Heat--Transmission--Mathematical models
Mass transfer--Mathematical models