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Feb 1958
A Method to Describe Soil Temperature Variation
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VIEW THE REPLYAuthors: E. B. Penrod, W. W. Walton, and D. V. Terrell, M.ASCEAuthor Affiliations
Publication: Journal of the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division
Volume 84, Issue 1
Abstract
Values for thermal diffusivity, temperature and temperature amplitude determined from observed data; constants were used in equation to describe variation of temperature with time at any soil depth for both Lexington, Ky and Ottawa, Ont; calculated temperatures and mean observed soil and air temperatures plotted for comparison.
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Journal of the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division
Volume 84 • Issue 1 • February 1958
Pages: 1537-1 - 1537-21
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© 1958 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Feb 12, 2021
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E. B. Penrod
Prof. and Head of the Dept. of Mechanical Eng., Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky.
W. W. Walton
Associate Prof. of Mechanical Eng., Uruv. of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky.
D. V. Terrell, M.ASCE
Dean Emeritus of the College of Eng., Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky. Director of Highway Research, Materials Research Lab., Lexington, Ky.
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