Data lines to define moisture-driven swelling – ABAQUS Volume II: I–Z User Manual
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*MOISTURE SWELLING
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*MOISTURE SWELLING:
Define moisture-driven swelling.
This option is used to define the moisture-driven swelling of the solid skeleton in a partially saturated porous
medium. It can be used in the analysis of coupled wetting liquid flow and porous medium stress.
Product:
ABAQUS/Standard
Type:
Model data
Level:
Model
Reference:
•
“Moisture swelling,” Section 20.7.6 of the ABAQUS Analysis User’s Manual
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
–
s
relationship from
to
in
increasing values of
s
.
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