Research Article

A New Mitigation Measure to Counter Thermal Instability of Air-Cooled Embankment in Sandy Permafrost Zones of Tibet Plateau

Table 4

Temperature parameters in Equation (10).

BoundariesT0 (°C)A (°C)

Air−3.811.5
Natural ground surfaces−0.612.0
Top surface0.314.0
Crushed-rock surface1.415.2
Embankment slope surfaces0.813.0
Sand surface0.614.0