Coupled heat and mass transfer material model. Source: T. Krejci doctoral thesis; Bazant and Najjar, 1972; Pedersen, 1990. Assumptions: water vapor is the only driving mechanism; relative humidity is from range 0.2 - 0.98 (I and II regions). The model parameters are summarized in Tab. 72.
| Description | Coupled heat and mass transfer material model |
| Record Format | HeMotk num(in) # d(rn) # a_0(rn) # nn(rn) # phi_c(rn) # delta_wet(rn) # w_h(rn) # n(rn) # a(rn) # latent(rn) # c(rn) # rho(rn) # chi_eff(rn) # por(rn) # rho_gws(rn) # |
| Parameters | - num material model number |
| - d, rho material density |
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| - a_0 constant (obtained from experiments) a_0 [Bazant and Najjar, 1972] |
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| - nn constant-exponent (obtained from experiments) n [Bazant and Najjar, 1972] |
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| - phi_c constant-relative humidity (obtained from experiments) phi_c [Bazant and Najjar, 1972] |
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| - delta_wet constant-water vapor permeability (obtained from experiments) delta_wet [Bazant and Najjar, 1972] |
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| - w_h constant water content (obtained from experiments) w_h [Pedersen, 1990] |
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| - n constant-exponent (obtained from experiments) n [Pedersen, 1990] |
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| - a constant (obtained from experiments) A [Pedersen, 1990] |
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| - latent latent heat of evaporation |
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| - c thermal capacity |
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| - chi_eff effective thermal conductivity |
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| - por porosity |
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| - rho_gws saturation volume density |
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| Supported modes | _2dHeMo |