Research Article
A Numerical Investigation on the Effect of Gas Pressure on the Water Saturation of Compacted Bentonite-Sand Samples
Table 2
Material properties for numerical modelling.
| | Parameter | Symbol | Unit | Value |
| | Residual saturation | | — | 0 | | Maximum saturation | | — | 0.999999 | | Perfect gas constant | | — | 8.3144 | | Water density | | kg/m3 | 1000 | | Water permeability | | m2 | 6.0 × 10−21 | | Porosity | | — | 0.363 | | Van Genuchten’s parameters | | — | 1.25 | | Van Genuchten’s parameters | | — | 0.2 | | Van Genuchten’s parameters | | MPa | | | Perfect gas constant | | — | 8.3144 | | Temperature | | K | 295 | | Molar volume | | mol/L | |
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