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Thermo-hydro-mechanical modeling of impermeable discontinuity in saturated porous media with X-FEM technique

Khoei, A. R ; Sharif University of Technology | 2012

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2012.10.003
  3. Publisher: 2012
  4. Abstract:
  5. In this paper, the extended finite element method is presented for thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) modeling of impermeable discontinuities in saturated porous media. The X-FEM technique is applied to the THM governing equations for the spatial discretization, followed by a generalized Newmark scheme for the time domain discretization. The displacement field is enriched by the Heaviside and crack tip asymptotic functions, and the pressure and temperature fields are enriched by the Heaviside and appropriate asymptotic functions. The process is accomplished by partitioning the domain with triangular sub-elements. Numerical examples are presented to demonstrate the capability of proposed technique in saturated porous soils
  6. Keywords:
  7. Porous media ; Thermo-hydro-mechanical model ; Asymptotic functions ; Discontinuity ; Displacement field ; Extended finite element method ; Extended-FEM ; Governing equations ; Heaviside ; Newmark schemes ; Numerical example ; Partition of unity ; Pressure and temperature ; Saturated porous media ; Saturated porous soils ; Spatial discretizations ; Time domain ; Crack tips ; Porous materials ; Time domain analysis ; Numerical analysis
  8. Source: Engineering Fracture Mechanics ; Volume 96 , December , 2012 , Pages 701-723 ; 00137944 (ISSN)
  9. URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013794412003943