Comparison Study of Three Common Technologies for Freezing-Thawing Measurement

Joint Authors

Yu, Xinbao
Yu, Xiong (Bill)
Zhang, Bin
Liu, Nina

Source

Advances in Civil Engineering

Issue

Vol. 2010, Issue 2010 (31 Dec. 2010), pp.1-10, 10 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2010-06-07

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

10

Main Subjects

Civil Engineering

Abstract EN

This paper describes a comparison study on three different technologies (i.e., thermocouple, electrical resistivity probe and Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR)) that are commonly used for frost measurement.

Specially, the paper developed an analyses procedure to estimate the freezing-thawing status based on the dielectric properties of freezing soil.

Experiments were conducted where the data of temperature, electrical resistivity, and dielectric constant were simultaneously monitored during the freezing/thawing process.

The comparison uncovered the advantages and limitations of these technologies for frost measurement.

The experimental results indicated that TDR measured soil dielectric constant clearly indicates the different stages of the freezing/thawing process.

Analyses method was developed to determine not only the onset of freezing or thawing, but also the extent of their development.

This is a major advantage of TDR over other technologies.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Yu, Xinbao& Zhang, Bin& Liu, Nina& Yu, Xiong (Bill). 2010. Comparison Study of Three Common Technologies for Freezing-Thawing Measurement. Advances in Civil Engineering،Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-10.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)

Yu, Xinbao…[et al.]. Comparison Study of Three Common Technologies for Freezing-Thawing Measurement. Advances in Civil Engineering No. 2010 (2010), pp.1-10.
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American Medical Association (AMA)

Yu, Xinbao& Zhang, Bin& Liu, Nina& Yu, Xiong (Bill). Comparison Study of Three Common Technologies for Freezing-Thawing Measurement. Advances in Civil Engineering. 2010. Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-456479

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-456479