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The Probabilistic Porous-Solid Model

- By Eduardo Rojas1
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View Affiliations Hide AffiliationsAffiliations: 1 Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro,México
- Source: Towards A Unified Soil Mechanics Theory: The Use of Effective Stresses in Unsaturated Soils, Third Edition , pp 56-82
- Publication Date: October 2022
- Language: English
In the previous chapter, a computational network porous-solid model was developed to simulate the hydraulic behavior of unsaturated soils. However, important computational constraints make this model unpractical. In this chapter, a probabilistic porous-solid model is developed to overcome these constraints. The probabilistic model is an alternative to the use of computational network models and shows important advantages. This model is built from the probability of a certain pore to be filled or remain filled with water during a wetting or drying process, respectively. The numerical results of the probabilistic model are compared with those of the computational network model showing only slight differences. Then the model is validated by making some numerical and experimental comparisons. Finally, a parametric analysis is presented.
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