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DOI 10.1002/nag.396
Titel (primär) An upscaling method and a numerical analysis of swelling/shrinking processes in a compacted bentonite/sand mixture
Autor Xie, M.; Agus, S.S.; Schanz, T.; Kolditz, O. ORCID logo
Quelle International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics
Erscheinungsjahr 2004
Department ENVINF
Band/Volume 28
Heft 15
Seite von 1479
Seite bis 1502
Sprache englisch
Keywords upscaling; numerical analysis; swelling; shrinking; interlayer porosity; diffuse double layer theory
Abstract This paper presents an upscaling concept of swelling/shrinking processes of a compacted bentonite/sand mixture, which also applies to swelling of porous media in general. A constitutive approach for highly compacted bentonite/sand mixture is developed accordingly. The concept is based on the diffuse double layer theory and connects microstructural properties of the bentonite as well as chemical properties of the pore fluid with swelling potential. Main factors influencing the swelling potential of bentonite, i.e. variation of water content, dry density, chemical composition of pore fluid, as well as the microstructures and the amount of swelling minerals are taken into account. According to the proposed model, porosity is divided into interparticle and interlayer porosity. Swelling is the potential of interlayer porosity increase, which reveals itself as volume change in the case of free expansion, or turns to be swelling pressure in the case of constrained swelling. The constitutive equations for swelling/shrinking are implemented in the software GeoSys/RockFlow as a new chemo-hydro-mechanical model, which is able to simulate isothermal multiphase flow in bentonite. Details of the mathematical and numerical multiphase flow formulations, as well as the code implementation are described. The proposed model is verified using experimental data of tests on a highly compacted bentonite/sand mixture. Comparison of the ID modelling results with the experimental data evidences the capability of the proposed model to satisfactorily predict free swelling of the material under investigation. Copyright (C) 2004 John Wiley Sons, Ltd
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Xie, M., Agus, S.S., Schanz, T., Kolditz, O. (2004):
An upscaling method and a numerical analysis of swelling/shrinking processes in a compacted bentonite/sand mixture
Int. J. Numer. Anal. Methods Geomech. 28 (15), 1479 - 1502 10.1002/nag.396