Abstract
Artificial ground freezing (AGF) has historically been used to stabilize underground structure. Numerical methods generally require high computational power to be applicable in practice. Therefore, it is of interest to develop accurate and reliable analytical frameworks for minimizing computational cost. This paper proposes a singular perturbation solution for a two-phase Stefan problem that describes outward solidification in AGF. Specifically, the singular perturbation method separates two distinct temporal scales to capture the subcooling and freezing stages in the ground. The ground was considered as a porous medium with volume-averaged thermophysical properties. Further, Stefan number was assumed to be small, and effects of a few site-dependent parameters were investigated. The analytical solution was verified by numerical results and found to have similar conclusions yet with much lesser computational cost.
Keywords: artificial ground freezing, Stefan-like problems, singular perturbation, porous media, outward solidification.
Issue Section:
Melting and Solidification
Topics:
Freezing,
Temperature,
Subcooling,
Perturbation theory,
Porous materials,
Coolants,
Porosity
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