SOIL PHYSICS / CRYOGENIC SYSTEMS — MODULE 09

CRYOSTRATA

Directional Freeze Front & Ice-Lens Laboratory

LIVE PHYSICS1-D ENTHALPY-SMEARED SOLVER / 48 CELLS

3D CUTAWAY
DRAG TO ORBIT · SCROLL TO ZOOM

TOP / COLD PLATE

BASE / THERMAL SUPPLY

◆ ICE SEGREGATION MODELPHASE CHANGE + WATER FEED

FREEZE FRONT0.0 mmDepth reached

SURFACE HEAVE0.00 mmMeasured displacement

FROZEN PORTION0.0 %Bulk pore-ice fraction

SIMULATION TIME0.00 hScaled laboratory hours

01 / DEPTH PROFILE

Thermal section

Temperature °C

02 / TIME SERIES

Vertical heave

Displacement mm

EXPERIMENT CONSOLE

Control variables

RUNNING

Cooling plate temperature−16 °C

−30 °C+2 °C

Basal temperature6 °C

1 °C15 °C

Thermal conductivity1.25 W/m·K

0.4 W/m·K2.5 W/m·K

Volumetric pore moisture32 %

12 %48 %

External water supply78 %

SEALEDUNLIMITED RESERVOIR*

TEMPORAL ENGINE

Run settings

Clock multiplier1,800×

PAUSED SPEED4,800×

IN-SITU PROBE / DEPTH150 mm

LOCAL TEMPERATURE5.6 °C

ICE FRACTION0 %

* External supply is a normalized availability index, not a measured volumetric flow. Ice-lens segregation and settlement are educational approximations, not engineering certification. Lens thickness is visually exaggerated.