Artificial ground freezing: A review of thermal and hydraulic aspects

MA Alzoubi, M Xu, FP Hassani, S Poncet… - … and Underground Space …, 2020 - Elsevier
The artificial ground freezing (AGF) is one of the most popular ground-support methods.
Driven by its reliability, compatibility with a wide range of ground types, and low impact on …

Influences of spatial variability of hydrothermal properties on the freezing process in artificial ground freezing technique

KQ Li, ZY Yin, Y Liu - Computers and Geotechnics, 2023 - Elsevier
Artificial ground freezing (AGF) has been extensively applied in underground engineering
construction as a popular ground-support technique. In recent decades, a series of …

[HTML][HTML] Modelling artificial ground freezing subjected to high velocity seepage

P Nikolaev, AP Jivkov, L Margetts, M Sedighi - International Journal of Heat …, 2024 - Elsevier
Artificial ground freezing (AGF) is a ground improvement technique for ensuring the safety of
underground construction works in water-bearing soils. High velocity water transport in …

Modeling heat and mass transfer during artificial ground freezing considering the influence of water seepage

S Hou, Y Yang, C Cai, Y Chen, F Li, D Lei - International Journal of Heat …, 2022 - Elsevier
In the system of artificial ground freezing under water seepage, the dynamic liquid–ice
phase equilibrium relationship considering the contribution of water seepage pressure was …

Practical prediction method on frost heave of soft clay in artificial ground freezing with field experiment

J Zhou, W Zhao, Y Tang - Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Artificial ground freezing (AGF) is a method of paramount importance for underground
construction in soft soil area. There were numerous studies concerned on field observations …

Thermal-seepage coupled numerical simulation methodology for the artificial ground freezing process

X Li, X Li, S Liu, J Qi - Computers and Geotechnics, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a thermal-seepage coupled numerical simulation methodology for the
artificial ground freezing (AGF) process using measured soil freezing characteristic curve …

Development of conjugate reduced-order models for selective artificial ground freezing: Thermal and computational analysis

AF Zueter, M Xu, MA Alzoubi, AP Sasmito - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Selective artificial ground freezing (S-AGF) applications usually extend to very deep levels
(more than 400 meters); numerical modeling of such large AGF applications encounters two …

Analysis of heat transfer and water flow with phase change in saturated porous media by bond-based peridynamics

P Nikolaev, M Sedighi, AP Jivkov, L Margetts - International Journal of Heat …, 2022 - Elsevier
A wide range of natural and industrial processes involve heat and mass transport in porous
media. In some important cases the transported substance may undergo phase change, eg …

Heat transfer analysis describing freezing of a eutectic system by a line heat sink with convection effect in cylindrical geometry

V Chaurasiya, D Kumar, KN Rai… - … für Naturforschung A, 2022 - degruyter.com
The current article devoted to study a moving boundary problem describing freezing of a
eutectic system in a semi-infinite medium in cylindrical symmetry. The solidification of the …

Dynamic CFD modeling coupled with heterogeneous boiling for deep two phase closed thermosyphons in artificial ground freezing

AF Zueter, MSK Tareen, G Newman… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Super-long thermosyphons exceeding 100 m are being employed more frequently in
artificial ground freezing (AGF) applications. In this study, we develop a fully-conjugate …