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APPLICATION OF TIME-DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY TO DETERMINE THE THICKNESS OF THE FROZEN ZONE IN SOILS.

Author(s) : BAKER T. H. W., DAVIS J. L.

Summary

THE DIELECTRIC CONSTANT OF FROZEN SOILS IS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN THAT OF UNFROZEN SOILS. THE TIME-DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY METHOD USES THIS FACT TO LOCATE A FREEZING FRONT MOVING ALONG A TRANSMISSION LINE EMBEDDED IN THE SOIL.

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  • Original title: APPLICATION OF TIME-DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY TO DETERMINE THE THICKNESS OF THE FROZEN ZONE IN SOILS.
  • Record ID : 1985-1741
  • Languages: English
  • Publication date: 1982/06/21
  • Source: Source: Int. Symp. Ground Freezing, Hanover/NRCC-CNRC, DBR Pap.
    8 p.; 8 fig.; 6 ref./n. RCC 23577; DBR n. 1215.
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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