Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 10672182 and 11072265);the Natural Science Foundation Project of Chongqing Science and Technology Commission (No. 2009BB7343)
This paper analyzes a coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical behavior of unsaturated soils based on the theory of mixtures. Unsaturated soil is considered as a mixture composed of soil skeleton, liquid water, vapor, dry air,...