*MOISTURE SWELLING
13.18 *MOISTURE SWELLING: Define moisture-driven swelling.
This option is used to define the moisture-driven swelling of the sol id skeleton in a partially saturated porous
medium. It can be used in the analysisof coupled wetti ng liquid flow and porous medium stress.
Product: ABAQUS/Standard
Type: Model data
Level: Model
Reference:
•“Moisture swelling,” Section 20.7.6of the ABAQUS Analysis User ’sManual
There are no parameters associated with this option.
Data lines to define moisture-driven swelling:
First line:
1. Volumetric moisture swelling strain, .
2. Saturation, s. This value must lie in the range .
Repeat this data line as often as necessary to define the –srelationship from to in
increasing values of s.
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