Fractional calculus has been proved to be very effective in representing the visco-elastic relaxation response of materials with memory such as polymers. Moreover, modeling temperature dependency material functions thermo-visco-elasticity, standard time–temperature superposition principle is known ineffective most cases (thermo-rheological complexity). In this work, a novel finite element formu...

Experimental studies on epoxies report that the microstructure consists of highlycrosslinked localized regions connected with a dispersed phase of low-crosslink density epoxy. Because epoxies play a major role in many structural applications, the influence of the crosslink distribution on the thermo-mechanical properties must be determined. But as experiments cannot reliably report the exact nu...

Non-planar solid-fluid-solid interfaces under stress are very common in many industrial and natural materials. For example, in the Earth’s crust, many rough and wavy interfaces can be observed in rocks in a wide range of spatial scales, from undulate grain boundaries at the micrometer scale, to stylolite dissolution planes at the meter scale. It is proposed here that these initially flat solid-...

This technical note presents a coupled thermo-hydromechanical model for unsaturated soil, which can be applied in the context of high temperature. A new pore gas or bulk air transfer equation is introduced. Additionally the effect of temperature on the latent heat of vapourisation and specific heat capacities is incorporated. Adsorbed water is also included. The performance of the model is demo...

Molecular diffusion processes are caused by concentration gradients in a multi-component mixture. Noticeable diffusion flux can also be induced by temperature gradients which lead to partial separation of constituent components. This cross effect between temperature and concentration is known as thermo diffusion or Soret effect. This effect can be quite important in the analysis of the distribu...