An alternative coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical finite element formulation for fully saturated soils
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Author(s)
Cui, W
Potts, DM
Zdravkovic, L
Gawecka, KA
Taborda, DMG
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Accounting for interaction of the soil’s constituents due to temperature change in the design of geo-thermal infrastructure requires numerical algorithms capable of reproducing the coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) behaviour of soils. This paper proposes a fully coupled and robust THM formulation for fully saturated soils, developed and implemented into a bespoke finite element code. The flexibility of the proposed formulation allows the effect of some coupling components, which are often ignored in existing formulations, to be examined. It is further demonstrated that the proposed formulation recovers accurately thermally induced excess pore water pressures observed in undrained heating tests.
Date Issued
2018-02-01
Date Acceptance
2017-08-16
Citation
Computers and Geotechnics, 2018, 94 (1), pp.22-30
ISSN
0266-352X
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
22
End Page
30
Journal / Book Title
Computers and Geotechnics
Volume
94
Issue
1
Copyright Statement
© 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Sponsor
Geotechnical Consulting Group
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Geotechnical Consulting Group
Identifier
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0266352X17302203
Grant Number
CISM_P60087
1386304
GCG Chair
Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Physical Sciences
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Engineering, Geological
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Computer Science
Engineering
Geology
Finite element methods
THM coupling
Geomechanics
SOFT BANGKOK CLAY
NUMERICAL APPROACH
VOLUME CHANGE
POROUS-MEDIA
BEHAVIOR
MODEL
CONSOLIDATION
TEMPERATURE
HEAT
Geological & Geomatics Engineering
0905 Civil Engineering
0914 Resources Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy
0915 Interdisciplinary Engineering
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2017-09-04