TY - BOOK AU - Brondenbrener,Leonid TI - Modelling heat and mass transfer in freezing porous media T2 - Materials science and technologies SN - 9781621007630 PY - 2012/// CY - Hauppauge, N.Y. PB - Nova Science Publishers Inc KW - Soil freezing KW - Mathematical models KW - Porous materials KW - Thermal properties œx Mathematical models KW - Heat KW - Transmission KW - Mass transfer N1 - 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 ER -