[1 ]School of Water Conservancy and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China [2 ]National Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Major Infrastructure Testing and Rehabilitation ...

Increases in backfill soil's thermal conductivity can cause sharply higher heating station fuel costs on heavy oil crude pipelines because the higher conductivity requires a higher initial temperature ...

Crushed salt as backfill material in a repository for high-level nuclear waste is aimed to act as a long-term barrier. The sealing effect of crushed salt evolves with ongoing compaction and therefore ...