Chemo-Mechanical Couplings In Porous Media Geomechanics And Biomechanics

by Loret, Benjamin; Huyghe, Jacques M. R. J.

• ISBN13: 9783211213230
• ISBN10: 3211213236
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-07-31
• Publisher: Springer Verlag Wien

Summary

The book addresses fundamental issues faced by experimentalists, modelers and engineers interested in different physical, mechanical and transport aspects of biological tissues and chemically active geological materials, mainly clays and shales. The focus is on the couplings between electro-chemical and mechanical aspects involved in swelling and chemical consolidation. Emphasis is laid on the influence of these phenomena on mechanical properties and on transport properties.Applications in geo-environmental and geotechnical technologies, including nuclear and hazardous waste isolation, oil recovery, engineering geology, are addressed directly or implied. Control of long term effects of surgery and mechanical performance of prostheses may benefit from the modeling of irreversibilities that are of utmost importance in geological materials. Conversely, understanding the self-regulation mechanisms of biological tissues may be helpful in the design of efficient engineering materials.

Table of Contents

Influence of pore fluid composition on volume change. Behaviour of clays exposed to the same fluid as the pore fluid
by C. Di Maio	1	(18)
Consolidation, swelling and swelling pressure induced by exposure of clays soils to fluids different from the pore fluid
by C. Di Maio	19	(26)
Shear strength of clays and clayey soils: the influence of pore fluid
by C. Di Maio	45	(12)
Swelling media: concepts and applications
by J.M. Huyghe and P.H.M. Bovendeerd	57	(68)
Chemo-mechanical interactions in geological and biological materials: examples
by B. Loret, A. Gajo and F.M. Simões	125	(24)
Multi-phase multi-species mixtures
by B. Loret and A. Gajo	149	(16)
Constitutive equations for homoionic clays
by B. Loret and A. Gajo	165	(20)
Constitutive equations for heteroionic clays
by A. Gajo and B. Loret	185	(20)
Mass transfer through membranes and generalized diffusion
by A. Gajo and B. Loret	205	(14)
Finite element formulation, and simulations of laboratory tests
by A. Gajo and B. Loret	219	(20)
Swelling shales and compacting cakes
by J.D. Sherwood	239	(62)
Molecular modelling of pore fluids in clays
by N. Skipper	301	(32)
Polyelectrolyte gels: basics, modelling and simulation
by Th. Wallmersperger, B. Kröplin and R.W. Gülch	333