Thermal volume change of saturated clays: a fully coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical finite element implementation

• Main Authors: Wang, Hao, Qi, Xiaohui
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Civil engineering; Thermal Consolidation; Saturated Clay
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/159380
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The creep and consolidation behaviors of clays subjected to thermal cycles are of fundamental importance in the application of energy geostructures. This study aims to numerically investigate the physical mechanisms for the temperature-triggered volume change of saturated clays. A recently developed...