THERMOMECHANICS OF THE DRYING PROCESS OF FLUID-SATURATED POROUS MEDIA

ABSTRACT Aspects of the thermomechanics of fluid-saturated porous solids relating to the drying process of materials are discussed in the paper. From the balance equations and the principles of thermodynamics of irreversible processes, the differential equations describing the drying body deformations and induced stresses, the temperature, and the moisture content distributions are developed. The porous body is assumed to be elastically deformed and the pore space is filled with an immiscible liquid-gas mixture-the moisture. The phase transitions of liquid into gas are taken into account

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