Experimental techniques for hydromechanical and electro-chemo-hydraulic processes

This chapter presents the fundamentals behind selected experimental techniques used to control and monitor some coupled multi-physics processes. The starting point is the review of the experimental techniques for coupled hydro-mechanical testing (liquid and vapour transfer techniques). Then, fundame...

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Autores: Romero Morales, Enrique Edgar|||0000-0002-4105-8941, Musso, Guido, Jommi, Cristina
Tipo de recurso: capítulo de libro
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/18772
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/18772
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Soil mechanics
Mecànica dels sòls
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Geotècnia::Mecànica de sòls
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Sumario:This chapter presents the fundamentals behind selected experimental techniques used to control and monitor some coupled multi-physics processes. The starting point is the review of the experimental techniques for coupled hydro-mechanical testing (liquid and vapour transfer techniques). Then, fundamentals of physical processes related to electrical techniques for the characterisation of geomaterials and for the induction of coupled electro-chemo-hydraulic processes are provided. Complementary aspects concerning the application of these techniques and some of their limitations are also discussed. Selected data from tests on a clayey silt in an electrokinetic oedometer are finally shown, to provide evidence of some effects of the coupled electro-chemo-hydraulic response of soils.