@inproceedings{2074f7c923824f259bdd7c3a8aaaaadf,
title = "Development of a hydro-thermal coupled model for unsaturated soils",
abstract = "A hydro-thermal coupled model for unsaturated soil is presented, which takes moisture and heat transfers into consideration. A finite-element method by FreeFem++ is developed, allowing the spatial and temporal matric suction and temperature changes to be described. The volumetric water content, hydraulic conductivity and thermal conductivity are expressed as a function of the key variable-soil matric suction. Some other parameters are related to another key variable-soil temperature. Comparison between the numerical result and testing data shows the relevance of this coupled model provided that suitable boundary conditions and soil parameters are considered. This hydro-thermal coupled model can be used for predicting the change of matric suction (volumetric water content) and temperature in unsaturated soils and applied for investigating the interaction between unsaturated soil and atmosphere.",
author = "N. An and S. Hemmati and Cui, \{Y. J.\} and Tang, \{A. M.\}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016 Taylor \& Francis Group, London.; 6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Unsaturated Soil Mechanics from Theory to Practice, AP-UNSAT 2015 ; Conference date: 23-10-2015 Through 26-10-2015",
year = "2016",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1201/b19248-78",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781138029217",
series = "Unsaturated Soil Mechanics from Theory to Practice - Proceedings of the 6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Unsaturated Soils",
publisher = "CRC Press/Balkema",
pages = "473--478",
editor = "Zhenghan Chen and Changfu Wei and Dean Sun and Yongfu Xu",
booktitle = "Unsaturated Soil Mechanics from Theory to Practice - Proceedings of the 6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Unsaturated Soils",
}