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Continuous modeling of soil morphology —thermomechanical behavior of embankment dams

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Macroscopic modeling of soils is based on a number of properties that refer to the mesoscopic morphology. The most fundamental parameters of this art are: 1) coupling parameters between partial stresses of components and deformations of components, 2) porosities, 3) saturation, and 4) permeability and diffusivity, tortuosity.

The main aim of this paper is to present in juxtaposition continuous one-, two-, and three-component models of geomaterials appearing in construction of embankment dams. In particular, the above mentioned features, especially saturation with water and seepage problems, modeling of fluidization yielding piping, and generalizations of the Darcy law and changes of porosity, are presented.

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  1. Institute for Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics, Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, D-13355, Germany

    Bettina Albers

  2. Institute of Building Engineering, University of Zielona Góra, Zielona Góra, PL-65-516, Poland

    Krzysztof Wilmanski

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Albers, B., Wilmanski, K. Continuous modeling of soil morphology —thermomechanical behavior of embankment dams. Front. Archit. Civ. Eng. China 5, 11–23 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11709-010-0081-7

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