Stephen William Rees
Cardiff University
42 Papers
231 Citations
Stephen William Rees is an academic researcher from Cardiff University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Heat transfer & Thermal conductivity. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 42 publications. Previous affiliations of Stephen William Rees include University of Wales & Queen's University.
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Papers
Ground heat transfer effects on the thermal performance of earth-contact structures
TL;DR: A review of ground heat transfer effects on the thermal performance of earth contact structures is presented in this paper, where the fundamental heat transfer processes relevant to the problem are described along with methods of determining thermal properties of soils.
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The thermal performance of ground floor slabs—a full scale in-situ experiment
TL;DR: In this paper, a detailed description of a comprehensive in-situ experiment designed to monitor the thermal performance of real ground floor slabs is presented, in particular, the experiment was installed at the time of construction of a modern commercial building and subsequently monitored continuously for a one and a half year period.
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Soil-root interaction and effects on slope stability analysis
TL;DR: In this article, the authors combine the mechanical and hydrological effects of vegetation with a slope stability framework and find that the most significant benefit is likely to be achieved only when the mature tree is located at the toe of the slope.
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Tree induced soil suction and slope stability
Stephen William Rees,Nazri Ali +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a numerical model is presented for unsaturated moisture flow incorporating a sink term to represent water uptake by a tree, and the resulting variation in soil moisture content (or suction) is then included within an extended slope stability analysis that employs a method of estimating shear strength as a function of suction in addition to net mean stress.
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Three-dimensional heat, moisture and air transfer in unsaturated soils
TL;DR: In this article, a 3D numerical model of coupled heat, moisture and air transfer in unsaturated soil is presented, which accommodates moisture transfer in the form of liquid and vapour flow and heat transfer arising from conduction, convection and latent heat of vaporization.
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