Simulation of Nonisothermal Consolidation of Saturated Soils Based on a Thermodynamic Model

Based on the nonequilibrium thermodynamics, a thermo-hydro-mechanical coupling model for saturated soils is established, including a constitutive model without such concepts as yield surface and flow rule. An elastic potential energy density function is defined to derive a hyperelastic relation amon...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Zhichao Zhang, Xiaohui Cheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:The Scientific World Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/192163