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Author(s): Sibel Pamukcu, Yi Dong

Keywords: electrical conductivity, hydrophobic soil, pore water distribution, reversible wettability, thermal conductivity, thermal-sensitive polymer, tls, transient line source, unsaturated soil

Abstract: This study investigates the effect of water repellency on the thermal and electrical conductance of soils. A transient line source heating method and two-terminal electrode system was used to investigate the thermal and electrical conductivity of unsaturated hydrophilic and hydrophobic soils with known degrees of water saturation. A controlled drying process was used to carefully control the saturation.

Reference: December 2013 Acta Geotechnica 10(6)

DOI: 10.1007/s11440-014-0317-0