Freezing And Melting Heat Transfer In Engineering


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This volume of papers has been produced in memory of Professor R.R. Gilpin, who was a pioneer in the field of freezing phenomena in ice-water systems. The subject has applications in ice formation in industrial plants, technologies for manufacturing crystals in space for semiconductors and computer chips and atmospheric physics and geophysics.




Advances in Transportation Geotechnics IV


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This volume presents selected papers presented during the 4th International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics. The papers address the geotechnical challenges in design, construction, maintenance, monitoring, and upgrading of roads, railways, airfields, and harbor facilities and other ground transportation infrastructure with the goal of providing safe, economic, environmental, reliable and sustainable infrastructures. This volume will be of interest to postgraduate students, academics, researchers, and consultants working in the field of civil and transport infrastructure.




Special Report


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Technical Report


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Highway Pavement Design in Frost Areas


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The information presented herein concerns the basic considerations of the frost action problem: namely, water temperature, soil, and the freezing mechanism of soil-water systems.