Charlier, Robert[Université de Liège - ULg > Département Argenco : Secteur GEO3 > Géomécanique et géologie de l'ingénieur >]
Radu, Jean-Pol[Université de Liège - ULg > Département Argenco : Secteur GEO3 > Géomécanique et géologie de l'ingénieur >]
1998
Poromechanics. A tribute to Maurice A. Biot
Thimus, Jean-Francois
Abousleiman, Y.
Cheng, A. H. D.
Coussy, O.
Detournay, E.
Balkema
377-383
No
International
90-5809-003-5
Rotterdam
The Netherlands
Biot Conference on Poromechanics
14-16 september 1998
Louvain-La-Neuve
Belgium
[en] A complete thermo-hydro-mechanical model is presented to treat the complex coupling problems in the clay barrier. The formulation related to the heat transfer, moisture transfer (liquid water and water vapour), air transfer in a deformable unsaturated soil is given. The formulation of the Alonso-Gens’s mechanical model for unsaturated soil is also incorporated. Finally, a small scale wetting – heating test on compacted bentonite is performed as a validation test. The numerical results are compared with respect to the experimental measurements.