Three-dimensional coupled heat, moisture, and air transfer in a deformable unsaturated soil

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 919-943

  Thomas, H R ^a   Missoum, H ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deformable; Finite element solution; Heat and moisture transfer; Simulation; Three dimensional analysis; Unsaturated soil

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GALERKIN METHODS; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PORE PRESSURE; SOILS; STRESSES;

DARCY'S FLOW LAW; NONLINEAR ELASTIC THEORY;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

AIR FLOW; DEFORMATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MOISTURE TRANSFER; SOIL WATER; UNSATURATED MEDIUM;

EID: 0033540944     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19990310)44:7<919::AID-NME535>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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