Two-Way Radio User Manual

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MOISTURE SWELLING
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MOISTURE SWELLIN G: De fine moisture-driven swe lling.
This option is used to define the moistu re-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:
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“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 swe lling:
First line:
1. Volumetric moisture swelling strain, .
2. Saturation, s. This value must lie in the range
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Repeat this data line as often as necessary to define the –s relationship from to in
increasing values of
s.
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