Research Article

The Healing Process of the Joints between Buffer Material Blocks and the Influence on Solute Migration

Table 2

List of symbols.

ParametersDefinition (unit)

aParameters in VG model (m−1)
bParameters in VG model
ClThe specific heat capacity (J/(kg∙°C)
CpsThe specific heats of the soil particles(J/(kg∙°C)
CplThe specific heats of water(J/(kg∙°C)
cThe cohesion
CThe solute concentration (mol/m3)
CsThe quantity of solute adsorbed on the solid framework (mol/kg)
CRThe concentration of the source solution (mol/kg)
DeffThe effective diffusion coefficient
DmThe mechanical diffusion coefficient
DeThe molecular diffusion coefficient
De0The reference value of the molecular diffusion coefficient (m2/s)
DThe diffusion coefficient
ElThe evaporation term
The gravity acceleration vector
HThe heat capacity per unit volume (J/(m3∙°C))
KlThe permeability coefficient
Kint0The reference permeability (m2)
krThe relative permeability
κsThe elastic deformation index for the suction
kdThe adsorption coefficient (m3/kg)
nThe porosity
N(0)The reference specific volume
PsThe swelling pressure (MPa)
The reference stress (MPa)
pcjThe preconsolidation pressure of the joint material (MPa)
pThe water pressure (Pa)
The source term
qThe heat source intensity
The saturation
sThe suction
sb0The suction of the block in the initial state
TrmThe laboratory room temperature (°C)
uThe water flow rate vector
The Hamiltonian operator
λkThe heat transfer coefficient (W/(m∙°C))
ρlThe density of liquid water (g/cm3)
ΡdThe dry density(g/cm3)
θlThe water volume fraction
μlThe dynamic viscosity of water
σ(T)The effect of the surface tension coefficient of water on the suction
The specific volume of the block in the initial state
The specific volume corresponding to the preconsolidation pressure
φThe internal friction angle (deg)
The volumetric water content of the porous medium
The rate of reaction degradation or decay of the considered substance (mol/m2s)
The rate at which other substances form the considered substance through reaction or decay (mol/m2s)