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Title: Conduction phase change beneath insulated heated or cooled structures
Authors: Lunardini, Virgil J.
Keywords: Conduction (Heat transfer)
Phase change
Thermal insulation
Heat
Publisher: Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (U.S.)
Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.)
Series/Report no.: CRREL report ; 82-22.
Description: CRREL Report
Abstract: The problem of thawing beneath heated structures on permafrost (or cooled structures in non-permafrost zones) must be addressed if safe engineering designs are to be conceived. In general there are no exact solutions to the problem of conduction heat transfer with phase change for practical geometries. The quasi-steady approximation is used here to solve the conductive heat transfer problem with phase change for insulated geometries including infinite strips, rectangular buildings, circular storage tanks, and buried pipes. Analytical solutions are presented and graphed for a range of parameters of practical importance.
Rights: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11681/9359
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