Accurate prediction of soil thermal conductivity is crucial to the design of geothermal related
structures such as ground source heat pumps (GSHPs), borehole thermal energy storage …

Over the last few decades, great deals on ground-source heat pumps (GSHPs) have been
broadly addressed. Various systems of GSHP have been employed worldwide for …

During submarine tunnels construction by the slurry shield tunneling method, seawater may
enter the pressure chamber from excavation surface and mix with the slurry. This will cause …

The conceptual assessment of the rating conditions of power cables was addressed over
one century ago, with theories based on the physical and heat transfer properties of the …

Thermal conductivity is a key soil property widely used for agricultural production, land
surface processing research, and geothermal resource development, among others …

Precise estimation of soil thermal conductivity is crucial for reliable heat flow analysis in soil.
Research indicates variations in soil thermal conductivity values estimated using transient …

In this work, we conducted a mechanistic study on pore‐scale mechanisms controlling heat
transfer in partially saturated porous media at unfrozen and frozen conditions. Experimental …

In this paper, the axial ultimate bearing capacity of fixed-head concrete energy piles is
studied considering various soils and thermomechanical loads, through numerical and …

A geopolymeric material (referred as G 0) was synthesized by reacting a silicate alkaline
solution (mixture of sodium and potassium hydroxides with sodium silicate) with metakaolin …

The thermal and flow performances in a single spiral-type ground heat exchanger in one-
week operation were numerically simulated by considering the coupled thermal and …