... are the thermal conductivity and specific heat capacity. The study presents a new testing device, and a theory-based interpretation procedure, so the properties can be determined for saturated or dry soils using just one sample and one set of test results. The testing device enables experiments to be conducted...

...V. R. Tarnawski; T. Momose; W. H. Leong Accurate predictions of soil thermal conductivity k are strongly influenced by the volumetric fraction of quartz, Θ_q, data for which are very scarce. This paper reveals a new approach to estimate Θ_q from measured k...