Data lines to define moisture-driven swelling – ABAQUS Volume II: I–Z User Manual

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*MOISTURE SWELLING

13.18

*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

.

13.18–1

ABAQUS Version 6.1

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