Abstract: The soil thawing characteristic curve (STCC), which delineates the relationship between unfrozen water content and temperature during the thawing process of frozen soil, is a critical factor with significant implications ...

Abstract: The business environment is a critical element in promoting high-quality urban economic development. To evaluate the quality of the business environment in Chinese cities, we first build a business environment evaluation ...

Abstract: In cold regions, the flow of outside air into a tunnel often causes freeze–thaw damage to the surrounding rock, and insulation methods are usually adopted to avoid this damage. In this study, the heat transfer in a multilayer ...