Clay science for engineering / Наука о глине для инженерного дела

: This paper presents that in expansive clays containing montmorillonites the generalized water flow equation can be described regarding a solid volume as a reference. The water retention curves are derived by calculating both volumetric water content and the chemical potential of water in a stacking model of the 2:l layer. It is pointed out that molecular dynamics simulation is useful to analyze the characteristics of water retention curves, and that a homogenization analysis also is useful to solve the flow problems in an inhomogeneous porous body <...>