A new approach to model geomaterials with heterogeneous properties in thermo-hydro-mechanical coupled problems

The main objective of this article is to present a new approach to model coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical problems considering geomaterials with heterogeneous properties. This approach has been implemented in the software CODE_BRIGHT and it provides the possibility of considering geomaterials with a...

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Autores: Rodríguez Dono, Alfonso|||0000-0002-2296-4826, Zhou, Yunfeng, Olivella Pastallé, Sebastià|||0000-0003-3976-4027
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
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:2117/386027
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/386027
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2023.105400
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Soil mechanics
Heterogeneity
Thermo-hydro-mechanical modelling
CODE_BRIGHT
Coupled problems
Anisotropy
Porosity
Mecànica dels sòls
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Geotècnia::Mecànica de sòls
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Sumario:The main objective of this article is to present a new approach to model coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical problems considering geomaterials with heterogeneous properties. This approach has been implemented in the software CODE_BRIGHT and it provides the possibility of considering geomaterials with a spatially correlated heterogeneous field of porosity, following a normal distribution. This spatial correlation can be isotropic or anisotropic. An important feature of this approach is that material properties such as intrinsic permeability, thermal conductivity, diffusivity, retention curve, elastic modulus or cohesion are defined as a function of porosity and, thus, they become heterogeneous with spatial correlation and, eventually, anisotropic. A validation exercise and other basic numerical examples have been carried out to illustrate the possibilities of the proposed approach. The results, which have been compared with a homogeneous case, show that considering heterogeneous fields can be relevant in different modelling problems, especially coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical problems.