A simplified numerical solution of the Miller model of secondary frost heave
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We describe the method used by Fowler and Krantz ( 1993 ) which reduces the Miller model of frost heave to two linear ordinary differential equations. Numerical solutions are presented and qualitative comparison is made with a numerical solution to the full system of equations given by O'Neill and Miller ( 1985 ).
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