A discussion of “unsaturated cell model of effective thermal conductivity of soils”

Abstract

Article highlights This post-publication review voices a number of concerns on an article previously published in the journal. It reveals a number of hidden weaknesses that are considered of interest to the readers of the commented article. It moreover argues that the correction of the used model voids the presented analysis of impact on the research field.

Keywords

• Cell model
• Unsaturated soils
• Thermal conductivity
• Maxwell-Eucken
• Hashin-Shtrickman