...Pirawas Chuangchid; Pyeonchan Ihm; Moncef Krarti This paper provides a numerical solution for simultaneous heat and moisture transfer within frozen soil beneath slab foundations of refrigerated warehouses. The developed solution is validated using data from experimental tests. A parametric analysis...

...Moncef Krarti; Pirawas Chuangchid; Pyeongchan Ihm This paper discusses selected results from a numerical solution of two-dimensional heat and moisture transfer within frozen and unfrozen soils beneath freezer slab foundations. In particular, the numerical solution is used to determine soil...

...Michael P. Deru; Allan T. Kirkpatrick In this paper, the effects of moisture on the heat transfer from two basic types of building foundations, a slab-on-grade and a basement, are examined. A two-dimensional finite element heat and moisture transfer program is used to show the effects...

...Michael P. Deru; Allan T. Kirkpatrick Ground-heat transfer is tightly coupled with soil-moisture transfer. The coupling is threefold: heat is transferred by thermal conduction and by moisture transfer; the thermal properties of soil are strong functions of the moisture content; and moisture phase...